Re:Stop Using Zip Codes for Geospatial Analysis (2019)
by o11c on Friday February 07, 2025 @02:02PM
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Also, "use a different grid" is only masking the problem, not actually fixing it.
The real problem is ever using an average without also specifying some sort of bounds. For median-based data, this probably means the upper and lower quartiles (or possibly other percentiles); for mean-based data, this probably means standard deviation.
The real problem is ever using an average without also specifying some sort of bounds. For median-based data, this probably means the upper and lower quartiles (or possibly other percentiles); for mean-based data, this probably means standard deviation.