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Comment on Red and blue US states: dichotomized maps mislead and reduce perceived voting influence in ~science
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Red and blue US states: dichotomized maps mislead and reduce perceived voting influence
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Comment on Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap in ~tech
metzgeria Link ParentAs far as I know e the closest we have at the moment as open source alternative for photography is Darktable (https://www.darktable.org/). It might be worth a try, in the light of looking for a...As far as I know e the closest we have at the moment as open source alternative for photography is Darktable (https://www.darktable.org/). It might be worth a try, in the light of looking for a long term alternative.
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Comment on Is there a programming language that brings you joy? in ~comp
metzgeria LinkBy far my favorite language is R, because it gets out of my way as a language and lets me focus on doing stuff with data that I'm interested in. Although probably the fluency that comes after many...By far my favorite language is R, because it gets out of my way as a language and lets me focus on doing stuff with data that I'm interested in.
Although probably the fluency that comes after many years of use create a bias, there are design desicions that make it enjoyable. The tidyverse and tidymodels in particular bring me joy, because the end result - to my biased eyes - typically looks readable en elegant.
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Comment on Seeking advice for choosing an inexpensive, plug and play headset with microphone for recording presentations and participating in video chat in ~tech
metzgeria LinkThe "Sennheiser EPOS PC 5 Chat Lightweight Headset" is the one I have been using for the past few years. The packaging has changed a bit but the price remains the same around USD 25. The...The "Sennheiser EPOS PC 5 Chat Lightweight Headset" is the one I have been using for the past few years. The packaging has changed a bit but the price remains the same around USD 25.
The microphone is great for recording speech. And the headphone is light and comfortable to wear for extended periods of time. The ear pads do not last for ever, but they do last between one and two years of daily use. I'm on my third pair.
Abstract
In the United States the color red has come to represent the Republican party, and blue the Democratic party, in maps of voting patterns. Here we test the hypothesis that voting maps dichotomized into red and blue states leads people to overestimate political polarization compared to maps in which states are represented with continuous gradations of color. We also tested whether any polarizing effect is due to partisan semantic associations with red and blue, or if alternative hues produce similar effects. In Study 1, participants estimated the hypothetical voting patterns of eight swing states on maps with dichotomous or continuous red/blue or orange/green color schemes. A continuous gradient mitigated the polarizing effects of red/blue maps on voting predictions. We also found that a novel hue pair, green/orange, decreased perceived polarization. Whether this effect was due to the novelty of the hues or the fact that the hues were not explicitly labeled “Democrat” and “Republican” was unclear. In Study 2, we explicitly assigned green/orange hues to the two parties. Participants viewed electoral maps depicting results from the 2020 presidential election and estimated the voting margins for a subset of states. We replicated the finding that continuous red/blue gradient reduced perceived polarization, but the novel hues did not reduce perceived polarization. Participants also expected their hypothetical vote to matter more when viewing maps with continuous color gradations. We conclude that the dichotomization of electoral maps (not the particular hues) increases perceived voting polarization and reduces a voter’s expected influence on election outcomes.