Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Unstandardized Choropleth Maps

Map of United States showing juvenile arrest rate (arrests per 100,000 juveniles ages 10-17) for Property Crime Index offenses, for individual counties within each State, 1998. Individual counties are not identified. Data are shown as 4 ranges: 0 to 1,000, 1,000 to 2,000, 2,000 to 3,000, and 3,000/above.

Unstandardized Choropleth Maps are maps that take raw data and put them straight into the map. These maps can often times be misleading because they don't take into account outliers. The map above looks at arrests of Juveniles in the United States. The results could be skewed because of population differences from state to state. 

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