You Draw It: How Family Income Predicts Children’s College Chances

The reader guesses the curve before the data appears, so the gap between belief and evidence is the finding. Being wrong is what makes it stick.

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By
The New York Times, The Upshot · 2015
Where
Newsroom · Education
Form
Interactive · to teach
Visual
Position, Direct manipulation, Narrative reveal
You can
Draw the line you expect, then see the real one
Data
US education and income statistics
Original

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