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I like the story of the graph a lot more than the graph itself. The two things I would like to see are: - Per capita debt per person who attended college. (O
by mathattack 13y ago
I like the story of the graph a lot more than the graph itself.
The two things I would like to see are:
- Per capita debt per person who attended college. (Or perhaps who graduated college) This would answer an implied question of "What if we're just getting more people going to college?"
- The salary legend should start at 0. This would put the relative movement of salary in a more accurate context.
I don't think fixing these changes the story of "The long term cost of college is going up, while the short term benefits are going down." but when I see tricks out of "How to lie with Statistics"[1] my BS detector goes up.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728 http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/039...