tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post2052964720862737547..comments2023-09-14T01:03:30.922+01:00Comments on The Thirsty Gargoyle: Torturing the Census DataThe Thirsty Gargoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-37328425907026264602012-04-01T10:07:20.023+01:002012-04-01T10:07:20.023+01:00"The problem is that that doesn't work ei..."The problem is that that doesn't work either. Again, take the Orthodox as an example. Given that there were 2,881 Irish Orthodox Christians in 2006, and that this rose to 8,465 in 2011, the chart should represent this with a 294% increase in the dark bars. Likewise, ..."<br />The increase would be 294% if there were an additional 8,495. <br />However, it rose to 8,495 from 2,881, Reflective Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317053955552927087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-89826714639109877752012-03-31T00:11:53.266+01:002012-03-31T00:11:53.266+01:0036 is indeed confusing and utterly meaningless wit...36 is indeed confusing and utterly meaningless without the real numbers. Not a statistician meself but I have been involved in projects producing data in graph form and am very aware of how they are read. That is appallingly and unnecessary bad.Liamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-61791310281138594152012-03-30T16:46:30.602+01:002012-03-30T16:46:30.602+01:00That might be right for Catholics, but I think it ...That <i>might</i> be right for Catholics, but I think it falls apart when you look at the likes of the Orthodox etc. I really am utterly baffled by this.<br /><br />The best advice I think anyone can have on this to look at tables 36 and 37 at the back, compare them with the 2006 data that's online, and disregard what the paper of vinyl says on the subject.The Thirsty Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-10429972093518039882012-03-30T15:52:50.920+01:002012-03-30T15:52:50.920+01:00I don't consider Figure 36 very enlightening b...I don't consider Figure 36 very enlightening but it is not wrong about the growth in Catholics.<br /><br />It is kind of hard to make out given the scale used but to my eye it looks like there was about a 30% increase in the number of non-Irish Catholics and about a 3% increase in the number of Irish Catholics. This is about right when you crunch the numbers.<br /><br />The CSO says *much* ofPavement Traumanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-18803765687040694442012-03-29T21:17:32.990+01:002012-03-29T21:17:32.990+01:00What's going on with 20K new Orthodox? I would...What's going on with 20K new Orthodox? I would have thought people walking away from Irish Catholicism to another denomination would be more likely to go to the CofI, but if the pull is to Orthodoxy then the idea that it's people on the liberal sides of various issues seeking another option seems quite wrong.Lmbsaflavinnoreply@blogger.com