A major challenge for the social sciences is obtaining data that is reliable, gives significant insight, and could be used to test theories. Each week I read The Economist. Many of their articles feature graphs of social or economic data. To me, some of the graphs are just random noise or show marginal trends that I am not convinced are that significant. But other graphs are quite dramatic or insightful. Previously, I posted a famous one about smoking.
This week I saw the graph below in The New York Times, as part of a long article, Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They’re Rich, Expansive Study Finds, based on this preprint.
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