A graphical analysis of women's tops sold on Goodwill's website

Re:A graphical analysis of women's tops sold on Goodwill's w... by aasasd on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @11:40AM (#23770967)

I can't make sense of ‘Price relative to state average’. That's relative inside each state, right? But how can things in Carolina, Florida, Texas and West Virginia always cost more than the average?

Meanwhile, ‘Price relative to overall average’ is all white due to one point in 2019 in Missouri at 245 bucks. But how many of those 245-bucks items were sold that they aren't absorbed by the overall average?

Also, since Pennsylvania apparently dominates 2018-19, perhaps it skews overall data considerably.

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Re:A graphical analysis of women's tops sold on Goodwill's w... by jjmccoolguy on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @12:16PM (#23771324)

You make some good points, I made some bad choices. To address: > Yes, I meant relative inside each state but phrased it poorly > With median price, I probably should have limited it to periods and states selling more than x items > And, yeah, Pennsylvania, and in particular the seller labelled "Goodwill Industries of North Central PA, Inc." dominates the market and should maybe have been excluded. I thought I'd get away with this by doing inner-state comparisons but it's still unideal

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