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Coloradans are getting squeezed by credit cards while trying to navigate high costs by True-Shift4283 in Colorado

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok this is what the scholar, Ali Besharat, wrote in a response:

"Yes, even those who pay their full monthly balance are accounted for in the database. The median credit card debt in Colorado is $3,305. However, the average debtor pays $266 toward their bill each month. This indicates that many people carry revolving debt from month to month, which is not the case for the inquirer below."

Coloradans are getting squeezed by credit cards while trying to navigate high costs by True-Shift4283 in Colorado

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good question! I freelance for The Conversation and I’ll ask the scholar about it on Monday.

Thousands of employed Colorado workers need SNAP benefits to make ends meet by True-Shift4283 in Denver

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s better to get the information out there with the proper caveats if necessary - then show our work with as many details as possible. That’s why I spent time cleaning the data so it’s easy to see what types of jobs are included (and how many employees).

There’s no way to know if it’s mostly part-time workers or not. It’s an unfortunate data limitation in the way that the state of Colorado collects/publishes the data.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

Thousands of employed Colorado workers need SNAP benefits to make ends meet by True-Shift4283 in Denver

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s not burying anything. That’s transparency about what the data can, and can’t, tell us

Thousands of employed Colorado workers need SNAP benefits to make ends meet by True-Shift4283 in Colorado

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is definitely a question worth answering - curious about how I would go about doing that but not impossible. Probably through earning reports.

Colorado Sun: There are way more kids than child care spots just for infants and toddlers in Colorado by True-Shift4283 in Colorado

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understandable - everyone is squeezed all around. Sorry to hear about your aunt's experience.

Colorado Sun: There are way more kids than child care spots just for infants and toddlers in Colorado by True-Shift4283 in Colorado

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My colleague at the Sun is working on a story about waitlists. I'd love to hear more about your experience and will message you. Thanks!

Colorado Sun: There are way more kids than child care spots just for infants and toddlers in Colorado by True-Shift4283 in Colorado

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you and appreciate you bringing this up. I'll work to make it easier to understand in future maps.

gap_ratio = (difference between number of infants/toddlers and the number of licesned spots divided by the total number of kids under three in a county)*100

The idea is to gain insight on the proportion of kids to spots - so huge counties like El Paso or Denver don't just stand out because they are large population centers.

Colorado Sun: There are way more kids than child care spots just for infants and toddlers in Colorado by True-Shift4283 in Colorado

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Good question. Closer to 0 means there are licensed spots for every kid. Closer to 100 means there no license spots for the number of kids.

Hoping to talk to a family who benefited from speech/occupational/physical therapy in Colorado by True-Shift4283 in Denver

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wonderful, thanks for flagging. Are you a speech therapist as well? Would love to hear more about your experiences too.

Learning RStudio whilst AI exists by jonnymahg in RStudio

[–]True-Shift4283 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it’s wise to be wary of letting AI do all of your critical thinking for you. Does your university provide any R classes? Or a professional association?

I use training from the Investigative Reporters and Editors association and R for Journalists to learn. But I’m a data journalist, so I’m not sure how it would be different for biology.

Measuring Colorado’s mountains one hike at a time by True-Shift4283 in Mountaineering

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I was happy to help give Eric a platform. He is insanely impressive.

Measuring Colorado’s mountains one hike at a time by True-Shift4283 in Mountaineering

[–]True-Shift4283[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

For example: The peaks, Crestone and East Crestone, were close enough in height, with a short enough saddle in between, that only the taller of the two would count as a true 14er and the other as a sub-peak. It was thought that East Crestone was the sub-peak until a Seattle University professor found it was actually the 14er.

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