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> It seems that the fatalities per billion vehicle kilometres will be skewed simply by the average trip length being longer in the US. Trip length figures into
by hx87 10y ago
> It seems that the fatalities per billion vehicle kilometres will be skewed simply by the average trip length being longer in the US.
Trip length figures into the denominator (deaths/billion kilometers), so everything else being the same, longer trip lengths won't skew the statistic.
- Dylan16807 10y agoNot that the statistic will be skewed with respect to itself. But that it will be skewed against what really matters. It might be the wrong decision to factor out distance.