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Just curious

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Versatile87
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Just curious

Postby Versatile87 » Thu Dec 24, 2015 11:52 pm

Compared to some past customers' old results (around 2007) there were less states in their world matches (example: white-Alabama, black-Florida or Hispanic-Texas). It use to be mainly countries. Is it possible to have the test done with the states removed?

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dpyates
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Re: Just curious

Postby dpyates » Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:03 pm

No, we report the populations as they are named in the database.
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Re: Just curious

Postby Versatile87 » Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:17 am

It looks like African Americans or people who are more African get more state matches than other races. Is that because of sample sizes? If it can't be removed could it be lengthened to get a broader picture?

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Re: Just curious

Postby dpyates » Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:18 am

That's because there are a lot of African states.
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