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I read that, closed the document, and moved on with my life instead of trying to make sense

They measured something but it sure wasn't quality of life

The undp human development reports office just rolled over in its office.

It's like Eurovision votes, without any music!

Would most of the complaining subside if the map title was changed to: "Perceptual attitudes toward national quality of life"?

I just… I cannot imagine what would lead someone to this methodology

#VibeMaxxing (apologies to @dbcurren.bsky.social )

as we say in data science, if it is not measured (ie recognized by survey particpants, in this case) it doesn't exist :)

The only thing missing in this study is latent class analysis

I’m reconsidering my stance on synthetic data

This is basically how US News ranks academic programs within colleges: no quantitative data, just opinions from afar: www.usnews.com/education/be...

So really it's "what do Americans think the quality of life is in other countries" ?

What?

This is funny. As a Swede, I first saw the chart and immediately thought: this is quality of life as rated by a Spanish person.

I guess not enough people had heard of my little country 😆

I think our original error that led to all this was B schools

As you say, wild!

…or Chart of countries US citizens can name…

Oh so it's a bias machine

It's essentially market research on brand perception

I've heard of France, so I'm qualified to evaluate every aspect of life there.