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I agree - interpretation is super important. The above is a good example; someone who isn’t paying attention might not take into account that there are 5-6x the
by dcx 5y ago
I agree - interpretation is super important. The above is a good example; someone who isn’t paying attention might not take into account that there are 5-6x the number of white vs black people in the US, which puts a very different spin on the raw figures.
- esyir 5y agoThen normalise for crime rates. Ah, the wonders of slicing and dicing a dataset.
- Flozzin 5y agoYes. And crime and poverty is related. Also, when more crime occur, police tend to congregate. So if police are pulling people over for minor traffic violations, and then discovering drugs, the 'crime' rate goes up. This then exacerbates the stats. My point is, pure stats should never be the only source of information. One may not think the police are racist, and instead think that crime and poverty are related. But over policing of the poor doesn't magically make them wealthy. The policing issue in the US is complicated.