tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post2108526128557388137..comments2024-03-26T19:10:00.791-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): Comparing apples and orangesJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-19866244888761120342010-03-02T22:01:32.074-05:002010-03-02T22:01:32.074-05:00Sorry. Yeah, within countries you're still scr...Sorry. Yeah, within countries you're still screwed. <br /><br />Median house and apartment prices can sometimes be a guide? But with the extreme wealth disparities in the USA that's hardly ideal either. The difference between rich people moving to county Colorado versus those there all along or Martha's Vineyard...<br /><br />New Zealand has a pretty useful index called the NZDep that measures socioeconomic deprivation in ca. 90 person mesh-blocks.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100648595914456494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-55859687819893814592010-03-02T19:52:42.883-05:002010-03-02T19:52:42.883-05:00The Big Mac index is an interesting idea between c...The Big Mac index is an interesting idea between countries. But most of the time I end up with the problem comparing two different regions in the United States. :-(Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-40748606470741252092010-03-02T16:29:14.296-05:002010-03-02T16:29:14.296-05:00Big Mac index is one attempt. I have heard that in...Big Mac index is one attempt. I have heard that in Africa due to the lack of the golden arches they have used the Castle Index based on the famous South African beer.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100648595914456494noreply@blogger.com