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Article #3548Re: meaningless statistics
From: Rick Shank
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:38
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:38
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In article <MCINTOSH.94Oct20085309@athene.rice.edu>, Nathaniel McIntosh <mcintosh@rice.edu> wrote: >>In article <NEWTNews.27247.782625008.woolfson@woolfson.unicom.net> Eric Woolfson <woolf@unicom.net> writes: >> Well, let's look at the figures: >> >> 12 years before the gun ban - 58 robberies >> 12 years since the gun ban - 35 robberies >> >> 12 years before the gun ban - 227 burglaries >> 12 years since the gun ban - 139 burglaries >> >> Source: Chief of Police George Incledon, quoted in >> an AP article on the 12 anniversary of the Morton >> Grove gun ban > > >Once again, raw numbers without adjusting for demographics. > >Depending on the population of Morton Grove, these numbers could mean >almost anything. Does Morton Grove have more old people now than 12 >years ago? More young people? > >It's a wonder that anyone can form an opinion at all. > >Nat Na! Opinions are easy to obtain. Getting facts is the hard part.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,f712f68171682c70 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,faf138bd852a6ce6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,f712f68171682c70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-20 07:41:45 PST Newsgroups: tx.general,dfw.general,austin.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!cs.utexas.edu!amd!amdint.amd.com!txnews.amd.com!ricks From: ricks@dvorak.amd.com (Rick Shank) Subject: Re: meaningless statistics Message-ID: <Cxz7Bs.LnM@txnews.amd.com> Sender: news@txnews.amd.com Nntp-Posting-Host: celeste Organization: Advanced Micro Devices - Austin, Texas References: <383otf$mi0@zeus.fasttax.com> <NEWTNews.27247.782625008.woolfson@woolfson.unicom.net> <MCINTOSH.94Oct20085309@athene.rice.edu> Distribution: tx Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 14:38:14 GMT Lines: 30