Saturday, June 13, 2009

Pretty useless picture

Or pretty comma useless picture, either one.


CNN has posted some chartjunk that - lo and behold - proves that the heavily populated states will create the most jobs from the stimulus. Well, duh!

What we need from charts like this is a number that explains, not one that is the least possible work. In this case, a much better number would have been new jobs as a percentage of existing employment. Even better might have been new jobs as a proportion of current unemployment.

But either would require a calculator...

3 comments:

globeisatrocious said...

What about a chart showing jobs "saved."

globeisatrocious said...

Oops, no chart forthcoming due to everyone 'guessing wrong' according to Hairplugs.

lovable liberal said...

Your link doesn't say what you imply it says. Neither does Mark Halperin's. I haven't seen the video. Maybe it does...