Data maps: reading a choropleth

Reading and making maps that colour areas according to a value: what a choropleth map is, colour scales, rates versus totals, the danger of area size and an invented example of unemployment by county.

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  1. Coloring the territory
  2. What a choropleth map is
  3. Total or rate
  4. Color scales
  5. How many classes
  6. Unemployment by district (invented)
  7. The size problem
  8. How to make your map
  9. Your data map

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