MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoFirearms killed a record number of children in 2021, study findswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down121file-text
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U.S. children and teens are more likely to die because of guns than car crashes, drug overdoses and cancer.
minus-squareSawzall@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoGang violence in the three worst cities in America. Usually the statistics include 19yo. When you remove the three worst cities and 19yo, the statics are similar to the rest of the world.
minus-squaretraches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoYou can’t just remove cities from statistics for better numbers
minus-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoUh, well, you can, and do, remove clear outliers in other statistical sets.
minus-squareBURN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, you normalize the data to account for the higher density of people. You can’t just ignore the 3 largest cities because they have more people or higher crime rates.
Gang violence in the three worst cities in America. Usually the statistics include 19yo. When you remove the three worst cities and 19yo, the statics are similar to the rest of the world.
You can’t just remove cities from statistics for better numbers
Uh, well, you can, and do, remove clear outliers in other statistical sets.
No, you normalize the data to account for the higher density of people.
You can’t just ignore the 3 largest cities because they have more people or higher crime rates.