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13-10-2011, 18:11
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Numbers. Lovely things. Sometimes pictures work better. What's the picture form of numbers: a graph.
Thanks to Andrew Elliot for creating this graph. It reminded me how statistics can be much clearer in this form.
Remember this racy little table (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/10/scottish-beer-exports-to-england-1785.html)? Here it is in a more understandable form:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RvQ9tnKX824/TpcQQY1jC6I/AAAAAAAAINA/mOVEQx3JMe8/s1600/scottish_beer_exports_1785_1820_graph.JPG (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RvQ9tnKX824/TpcQQY1jC6I/AAAAAAAAINA/mOVEQx3JMe8/s1600/scottish_beer_exports_1785_1820_graph.JPG)
Hang on a minute. 1810 to 1813. A time of high malt prices and high taxation. Porter was 3.5d a quart in 1791, 5.5d in 1812 and 6d in 1813. (The Brewing Industry in England 1700-1830 Peter Mathias p.546) Mapping the tax, retail price and malt price might be revealing.
Remind me to do that.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5445569787371915337-2715564255866408700?l=barclayperkins.blogspot.com
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/10/scottish-beer-exports1785-to-1820-graph.html)
Numbers. Lovely things. Sometimes pictures work better. What's the picture form of numbers: a graph.
Thanks to Andrew Elliot for creating this graph. It reminded me how statistics can be much clearer in this form.
Remember this racy little table (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/10/scottish-beer-exports-to-england-1785.html)? Here it is in a more understandable form:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RvQ9tnKX824/TpcQQY1jC6I/AAAAAAAAINA/mOVEQx3JMe8/s1600/scottish_beer_exports_1785_1820_graph.JPG (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RvQ9tnKX824/TpcQQY1jC6I/AAAAAAAAINA/mOVEQx3JMe8/s1600/scottish_beer_exports_1785_1820_graph.JPG)
Hang on a minute. 1810 to 1813. A time of high malt prices and high taxation. Porter was 3.5d a quart in 1791, 5.5d in 1812 and 6d in 1813. (The Brewing Industry in England 1700-1830 Peter Mathias p.546) Mapping the tax, retail price and malt price might be revealing.
Remind me to do that.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5445569787371915337-2715564255866408700?l=barclayperkins.blogspot.com
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/10/scottish-beer-exports1785-to-1820-graph.html)