How's That Working For Ya Venezuelans?

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(04-25-2017, 10:34 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Nope, not what I said.  It pains me to have to constantly explain the obvious to the less intuitive.  The point of the story is that exceptional single incidents will more dramatically affect lower populations when the subject is a per capita rate.



I didn't dispute national statistics.  I merely pointed out that a single gun related incident in Wyoming, for example, affects the per capita statistics far more than the same type of incident in California.  Again, this isn't disputable.

Something you need to know about small sampls size.  If it was was distorting the data then there would see wild swings from year to year, but we don't see that.  So your argument fails.

Need to come up with something better than that to throw away all those statistics you don't like.  Maybe try somthing like "I just know more than everyone else because I am a police officer."