Guess the map 15: GDP or population?

[uppi]

I think you should try and guess the function, it will be in your first few guesses and that may help with getting the primary measure.

An obvious function with negative values?
- log -> already ruled out
- polynomial -> what would be the point?
- trigonometric -> what kind of country specific value would you put in a sin function?
- exponential -> positive for real values

So e^x, where x is the average number of friends (real + imaginary)?

 

[The_J]

I think it's probably simpler, and he means change over time or something similar.

 

[Samson]

change over time

That is the function.

 

[thetrooper]

dx/dt

 

[emzie]

Spoiler Production and difference :

Ah crap, where are my calculus notes?

 

[EnglishEdward]

Change in inward investment in agriculture and forestry.

 

[Kyriakos]

I suppose it isn't lignite mining - since you said this isn't tied to energy.

 

[stfoskey12]

Something something animals?

Was this ever answered?

 

[Samson]

I may has missed a couple:

Something something animals?

Vampire bats, probably.

Something to do with computing?

Change in inward investment in agriculture and forestry.

I suppose it isn't lignite mining - since you said this isn't tied to energy.

Really loads more general than any of these. Try working back from The_J's guess.

dx/dt

Ah crap, where are my calculus notes?

It is not calculus, just simple arithmetic. To be more precise it is δx/δt, where δt = 1 year.

 

[uppi]

Average economic growth (GDP? Some production/consumption index?) in the last x years?

 

[Gelion]

Soil "production"?
or
Tree coverage per country?

 

[Samson]

Average economic growth (GDP? Some production/consumption index?) in the last x years?

I think this wins. The "production" graph is GDP change (per year, averaged over 2016 - 2020. The main graph, consumption, is "Annualized growth in per capita real survey mean consumption or income", which is provided for one year per country, over the period 2016 - 2020. From the world bank poverty database.

I thought the differences were interesting. I do not know what I am talking about, but I guessed the Eastern Europe being higher in consumption than production was EU moneys, while countries such as Zimbabwe that have less consumption than GDP are kleptocracies where what money there is is taken bu the elite and not added to general consumption figures.

 

[uppi]

I think this wins. The "production" graph is GDP change (per year, averaged over 2016 - 2020. The main graph, consumption, is "Annualized growth in per capita real survey mean consumption or income", which is provided for one year per country, over the period 2016 - 2020. From the world bank poverty database.

I thought the differences were interesting. I do not know what I am talking about, but I guessed the Eastern Europe being higher in consumption than production was EU moneys, while countries such as Zimbabwe that have less consumption than GDP are kleptocracies where what money there is is taken bu the elite and not added to general consumption figures.

Very interesting. I guess Eastern Europe is not only direct EU moneys, but also freedom-of-movement related (like Romanians and Bulgarians working in Western/Central Europe and spending some of it in their home country).

New map:

 

[The_J]

Red is high or low?

 

[lymond]

Climate related? Those darn Antarticans!

 

[Samson]

Black is no data or another class?

 

[uppi]

Red is high or low?

Black is no data or another class?

Red is high, black is no data

Climate related? Those darn Antarticans!

Not directly climate related.

 

[The_J]

Is it something related to science?

 

[uppi]

Is it something related to science?

No

 

[The_J]

Broader: Are humans contributing to this?