Yeah I do agree that there is overfit both for Europe around the point that you specify as well as for the Americas. Oceania and Asia fit quite nicely.

Unless you love your job, I guess. I’d prefer to like my job AND be well compensated though.

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I meant vanilla linear regression. GAM are beyond overkill here.

These lines imply really bizarre relationships (the blue line dipping near france, the red line flattening out right below 5) that aren’t in these data.

It’s common knowledge that out of state tuition is $20k more than in state

https://research.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/trends-college-pricing-student-aid-2021.pdf

Maybe this is un-Christmasy of me, but the question/ data collection methods do not make it clear that 50 is "average." Also, "Compared to your family members... Rank yourself on a scale" are two measurements in one question.

Do better be better. I read this as most people sheepishly assessing themselves in the low 80's - in an American audience, Good but not Great.

Does anyone know how I would go about getting a city map that would showcase different data points?

I want one that showcases population density and demographic. I’m trying to strategize some business stuff.

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At 999 people surveyed I would have gone out to the street o called someone I knew to get the 1000th person.

Well shit that makes sense. Good call, I didn’t even think of that.

If you add suicide by gun then things get much worse for Trump’s country.

It’s the truth. Even W admitted “the truth has a liberal bias”.

Wow! Lol! I'm not sure you realize the full gravity of what you just said.

Is there any reason why Grenada has so many papers per capita?

I'm 100% better than my wife who has absolutely zero clue and will just tell me things like 'Get yourself something nice' or 'What do I get this person?'

Yeah it’s just a garbage map. My small state has very high in-state tuition for its state schools, but has very few schools overall and one of them is Ivy League. I’d love to know the average tuition actually paid at an Ivy. We also have a nationally known online school. With many thousands of students. How does that effect this?

On top of that private schools rarely ever cost what the stated tuition is.

Well, yeah. My example job usually has great benefits, including a pension, and 12 weeks off every year. And if you’re good at it it’s a lot of fun.

>every gun purchaser is an upstanding legal citizen

Yes they have to pass a background check. Responsible - not since people stopped being charged for violating straw purchase laws, the ATF is busy with important things like whether a rifle has a 15.9" or a 16" barrel and shooting women holding babies than stopping crimes with victims.

Cheer up, this is more likely the average full sticker price tuition/room/board for all colleges in state, and not the ave price people in Cali actually pay.

You can’t just look at hourly rate. You need to include all cost of employment. I’d take a job paying $31/hr that has great health care and a pension over a job paying $38/hr with terrible healthcare and no pension.

"Illegal and impossible" glad you believe that every gun purchaser is an upstanding legal citizen and responsible gun owner.

By the way, if you have more of what you're smoking I could use some this weekend when I visit my conservative Trump-supporting in-laws. Thanks!

Linear Model without region effects: R2 ~ 50%

Linear Model with region effects: ~ 63%

With random slope: ~ 70%

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Polynomial model with random intercept: ~ 71%

Polynomial model with random intercept & random slope: ~ 74%

So...maybe worth it.

I’m always working on my skills and will continue to make maps for as long as I find joy in making them. I hope you stick around to see what I make next :) But thank you for concern!

It comes from taxes paid by people in the state