What's going on in this graph? - Air Travel
By Mariana Garcia-Serrato
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Last updated about 4 years ago
5 Questions
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The air travel demand reflects an adjustment for the population size of the origin and destination cities. The source for the map is search data from Google Flights.
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Which destination seems to be the most popular for Thanksgiving Travel?
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How did the author use color to better illustrate his/her point? Make sure you mention how specific colors mean different things.
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How did the author use line width to better illustrate his/her point? Make sure you mention how specific widths mean different things.
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Notice which cities have the biggest increase in passengers as an origin and which cities as a destination. Is there any overlap in the lists? What characteristics do each of these subgroups have?
In your answer name the cities that have the biggest increase as an origin and report what they have in common. Then name the cities that have the biggest increase as a destination and again report what they have in common.
Finally, make a claim that could explain this overlap. (i.e. do you think the passengers are visiting relatives for the holiday or do you think there are other considerations that are driving the decision to travel?)
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Write a >140 character Tweet that could accompany the sharing of the graph.
This means, you would write a short sentence or two that describes one surprising thing you noticed from the graph and you accompany it with one or two relevant hashtags.
DO NOT start your tweet with the phrase "I noticed", AND #nohashtagnograde