Critical thinking with data

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The Lie Factor

Tufte, 2001

Rubber Band Scales

After Wainer 1997. Image Source: Washington Post

Gerrymandering is the political manipulation of map boundaries so that citizens are divided up into districts that limit their ability to represent themselves through voting. It’s a real world example of the modifiable areal unit problem