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Q: When Andhra Pradesh spends more on gender and equity…

(1) enrolment of boys at secondary level increases
(2) dropout rate of boys at secondary level decreases
(3) proportion of girls from minority groups increases at secondary level

All of the above! Crazy, innit?

Building intuition for reading public data responsibly.

Most bad policy analysis isn’t caused by bad data, it’s caused by overconfident interpretation of charts. Aloo Chart helps you practice reading charts skeptically. And have some fun while at it!

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Sample questions -

  1. What does this chart show?
    A. Change in India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI)
    B. Change in Uttar Pradesh’s Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at primary level
    C. Both A and B
    D. Boundaries scored by Virat Kohli in T20Is

  2. Which of these two indicators are correlated in this chart?
    A. Andhra Pradesh’s percentage allocation to gender & equity under Samagra Shiksha v/s Gross enrolment rate (GER) of boys at secondary level
    B. Andhra Pradesh’s percentage allocation to gender & equity under Samagra Shiksha v/s Dropout Rate of boys at secondary level
    C. Andhra Pradesh’s percentage allocation to gender & equity under Samagra Shiksha v/s Percentage of girls at secondary level belonging to minority groups

A. Increase in forest fires correlates with increase in Under-5 mortality
B. Increase in child nutrition levels correlates with increase in student learning levels in Madhya Pradesh

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Spurious correlations

When Andhra Pradesh spends more on gender and equity…
(1) enrolment of boys at secondary level increases
(2) dropout rate of boys at secondary level decreases
(3) proportion of girls from minority groups increases at secondary level

What does this chart show?

(one or more categories/geographies)

  • Allocations by State A, B and C on X over last five years
  • Dropout rate at secondary level & NEET over last five years in State A, B, C
  • Average PM2.5 concentration in Delhi
  • Consumer Price Index of bidi v/s cigarettes

Label the chart

(same category, different geographies or vice-versa)

  • Allocations by State A, B and C on Inclusive Education over last five years
  • Allocation to gender, inclusive and quality by State X over last five years