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re: Why all the hate for California?
Posted on 5/22/18 at 9:24 am to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 5/22/18 at 9:24 am to Tigeralum2008
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They have 524 blue ribbon Gold and Silver medalist schools where as LA has 17
Whenever someone does this they immediately lose all credibility.
When you are making comparisons like this you have to use per capita numbers, not total numbers. I wouldn't doubt California would still be ahead of Louisiana if you use per capita but the contrast wouldn't be as impactful. California has like 10 times the population of Louisiana so of course they're going to have more of everything. Do you want to compare how many murders they have versus how many we have?
Don't be disingenuous
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Posted on 5/22/18 at 9:29 am to nola000
quote:
They have 524 blue ribbon Gold and Silver medalist schools where as LA has 17
quote:
Whenever someone does this they immediately lose all credibility.
When you are making comparisons like this you have to use per capita numbers, not total numbers
Ok I will do it for him
Cali population: 39,540,000
Louisiana pop: 4,684,000
So Cali has 9.75x the population of Louisiana, but 30.82x the blue ribbon schools
So roughly 3.5 times more per capita
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 9:31 am
Posted on 5/22/18 at 9:34 am to nola000
quote:
Whenever someone does this they immediately lose all credibility.
When you are making comparisons like this you have to use per capita numbers, not total numbers. I wouldn't doubt California would still be ahead of Louisiana if you use per capita but the contrast wouldn't be as impactful. California has like 10 times the population of Louisiana so of course they're going to have more of everything. Do you want to compare how many murders they have versus how many we have?
Don't be disingenuous
Its rather obvious you have to take into account their population differences but even a quick glance will tell the reader California has a higher per capita number than LA
The list shows the % of schools that earned ribbons. I probably should have included that in my initial post.
25.4% of CA schools earned ribbons compared to just 6% of Louisiana schools.
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 9:38 am
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