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So your position is unfalsifiable. Have fun with that. Can you prove that the SF stats are of worse quality than any other city? If not, they're still of use f
by sdenton4 5y ago
So your position is unfalsifiable. Have fun with that.
Can you prove that the SF stats are of worse quality than any other city? If not, they're still of use for comparison. Can you prove that the reporting percentage has gotten worse over time? If not, they're still useful for year over year.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoCan we prove that the reporting percentage has gotten worse over time? No, but we can make a plausible argument that a change in policy to not prosecute X will result in people not bothering to report X. We also have anecdotal information that places like Targets and Walgreens are facing increased losses. We now have multiple anecdotes supporting the plausible scenario. That's not unfalsifiable, it's just unfalsifiable by using the statistics that are plausibly wrong. You could think about trying to falsify it by, for example, surveying businesses about their rate of losses due to shoplifting. To my knowledge, we don't have that data. What we do have is reason to question the statistics you're quoting.
- sdenton4 5y agoSo... Go get the data. In the mean time, you've got opinions, and that's all.