How's That Working For Ya Venezuelans?

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(04-26-2017, 10:58 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Ugh, the endless repetition.  Even getting consistent results does not make up for the shortcomings of a small sample size.  Any statistician will tell you, the more data the more accurate your conclusions made from that data.

Any statitician will also tell you that looking at "variables" can give you "more exact" information.

Looking at the rate of heart disease in smokers is looking at a smaller sample size than the entire population, but that does not mean the stats about smokers are meaningless and skewed by smaller sample size.

So when disussing the effects of gun laws and gun ownership it is helpful to compare different states with different gun laws and owneership rates.  the fact that these states have smaller sample sizes is meaningless because you have to look at the variables to make any educated conclusions.

there can be a lot of arguments about other variables that might effect the crime rate in different states but it is ridiculous to claim that statistical analysis does not include breaking down statistics into smaller parts based on variables.