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> Playing tricks using statistics is not new. OJ’s defense lawyer argued that despite OJ being an abusive husband, it is statistically unlikely that he killed h
by drhagen 6y ago
> Playing tricks using statistics is not new. OJ’s defense lawyer argued that despite OJ being an abusive husband, it is statistically unlikely that he killed his wife.
> > Only one in a thousand abusive husbands eventually murder their wives
> The more pertinent question is what percentage of murdered women were murdered by their abusive ex-husband?
Shouldn't this be "what percentage of murdered women with an abusive ex-husband were murdered by said ex-husband"?
- suifbwish 6y agoStatistics is only capable of predicting patterns across a sample of data. It is pretty inaccurate when you try to use it to predict a single data point. The Lawyer knew that but also knew a ton of people don’t understand stats