gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoThe NYPD has stopped tens of thousands of people under Mayor Adams. Just 5% were white.gothamist.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down124cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1424arrow-down1external-linkThe NYPD has stopped tens of thousands of people under Mayor Adams. Just 5% were white.gothamist.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square53fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareThrowaway@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down21·11 months agoSo math time. NYC has a 41% white demographic. If all 5% white people stopped were legit stops, my calculator says only 12.19% of the stops were legitimate.
minus-squareRegular Human@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·11 months agoOh boy amateur racial crime stats
minus-squareThoth19@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoThis doesn’t seem like a bestness of fit test. What type of statistical test did you run?
minus-squaremind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIf all (100%) of the stops were legit, your calculator says only 12.18% of the stops were legitimate? What does that even mean?
So math time. NYC has a 41% white demographic.
If all 5% white people stopped were legit stops, my calculator says only 12.19% of the stops were legitimate.
Oh boy amateur racial crime stats
Yes.
This doesn’t seem like a bestness of fit test. What type of statistical test did you run?
If all (100%) of the stops were legit, your calculator says only 12.18% of the stops were legitimate?
What does that even mean?