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Originally Posted by Peter_johnns
I don't see how that makes any real difference to my argument.
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It makes a huge difference.
With statistics, it is very important to compare apples to apples rather than apples to oranges. As
Myles said, you used numbers that grossly understated Moncton's population to support your point of view. I don't know if you did this intentionally or not, but I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.
HRM is essentially equivalent to the Halifax CMA. The population figures are identical. If you want to compare them to Moncton, then you should use the Moncton CMA population for comparison (410k vs 143k).
If you choose to use the Moncton city population for your thesis (70k) then you should compare this to the population of the old city of Halifax (probably about 175k). Apples to apples.
Moncton is Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview. Halifax is Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and Sackville. Apples to apples.
Saying that Halifax is 410k and Moncton is 70k is misleading and appears to give Halifax a gross advantage. Apples to oranges.
Saying that Halifax is 400k and Moncton is 143k is fair and accurate. Apples to apples. Then we can start arguing about catchment populations, but that issue has already been beaten to death on this thread in the distant past.