> Close, but not exactly. One of its variables is how far its integration differs from 63% Black, squared. > I.e., you cannot distinguish a 73% black neighborh

> Close, but not exactly. One of its variables is how far its integration differs from 63% Black, squared. > I.e., you cannot distinguish a 73% black neighborhood from a 53% black neighborhood with this variable. Isn't the point of that operation that a 1% black neighborhood and a 99% black neighborhood are both less integrated than a 50% black neighborhood? If you didn't do something like squaring, then wouldn't at least one of the former incorrectly register as more integrated than the latter? > It's a bizarre variable and I guess I could see purging the column or at least suggesting it not be used, but I don't really understand why you'd delete the rest of the (sample) dataset on this basis. Agreed.