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I'm not terribly surprised macro economic number don't show a strong correlation to crime. We're already talking about a group on the margins generally when we'

by rtkwe 7y ago

I'm not terribly surprised macro economic number don't show a strong correlation to crime. We're already talking about a group on the margins generally when we're looking at small property crimes and top line numbers like unemployment don't capture people who aren't even looking for work anymore (eg drug addicts).

Gibbon1 7y ago
Yeah Economics has a huge problem with the Fruit Basket Fallacy.
- rtkwe 7y ago
  Going to need a definition on that, the first result on google for 'fruit basket fallacy' is literally this comment.
  - Gibbon1 7y ago
    I made it up. Economist have a big problem with running statistical analysis on unsorted population data. Hence trying to run regressions on fruit baskets.