Forum (Forum & Focus)
Oct. 31, 2008
Statistical game-playing won't help get crime off the streets - police will.
Where the LAPD sees crime reduction in neighborhoods with a significant police presence, the ACLU misses the forest for the trees and sifts through meaningless data to construct a narrative that meets its own preconceived assumptions, writes Gary Ingemunson. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Gary Ingemunson In high school statistics, students learn that they can plot results in any one of a number of ways, in order to support whatever argument they are making. If the curve is too flat, adjust the parameters of the x and y variables and the angle of the curve will change. Hence, if someone asks you to find statistics to prove his or her point, it is very easy to do...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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