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jimmy the one

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50. per capita for dummies
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 01:55 PM
Nov 2014

kioa: If you read 'statistics for dummies' you would learn about the term "per capita"

So you admit you've read it then? I haven't actually, didn't need to since I took statistics & probability in college, albeit just a C grade, tack on another 21 credits in math including differential & integral calculus & non Euclidean geometry (horn toots).

You mention 'per capita' yet that was the rub in your conditions set out in your previous post, which I debunked, that is you neglected to use 'per capita' and used total violent crime instead. So you're hardly the one to be harping on me about failure to understand what per capita means.

kioa: After you finish the "per capita" chapter of 'statistics for dummies', I suggest you read those studies.
When you do so you will find that "Texas CHL holders were less likely to commit any particular type of crime than the general population, and overall were 13 times less likely to commit any crime."
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States


Has little to do with what happens on average after shall issue is enabled. Your texas stat also doesn't take into account unreported crime committed by ccw holders, or committed by legal ccw holders who commit crimes & don't get caught.

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Statistics 101: Correlation is not causation. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #1
Also: Don't claim something that can be disproved with a few minutes research... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #3
A change in the overall rate doesn't disprove the findings about one factor petronius Nov 2014 #17
Perhaps so, but the interview was taken as gospel and treated accordingly... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #20
gun owners murder people by the thousands each year. nt msongs Nov 2014 #2
Is there something you wanted to say about the OP? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #5
what percentage of those murders shedevil69taz Nov 2014 #6
Am I behind? sarisataka Nov 2014 #10
non-gun owners murder people by the thousands each year. nt friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #13
Which gun owners, exactly? n/t HALO141 Nov 2014 #14
A good question that they'll never answer n/t friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #16
True but their silence says a lot. n/t HALO141 Nov 2014 #18
Well good luck on trying shedevil69taz Nov 2014 #19
Remember, we are dealing with animists that think lifeless objects impel... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #21
blah blah blah blah ......guns kill period. no guns no gun violence bowens43 Nov 2014 #4
No water, no drownings! NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #7
So how do we feel about Nuclear Weapons? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #9
Those that don't have nuclear weapons will never use them friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #11
The truly weak minded are those that can't do math... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #8
Good luck with Prohibition 3.0- the first two didn't work so well... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #12
"no guns no gun violence" Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #34
Looks like the supporters of this pious fraud can't actually address the OP, ... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #15
Responsible citizens defending themselves against: HockeyMom Nov 2014 #22
I'll bet you anything shedevil69taz Nov 2014 #23
Like 30% justifable homicides increase? HockeyMom Nov 2014 #24
Do you understand what "justifiable" means? Straw Man Nov 2014 #25
In the eye of the beholder HockeyMom Nov 2014 #26
if that teenager in hoodie was beating your head in the sidewalk, gejohnston Nov 2014 #28
These morons HockeyMom Nov 2014 #30
you should disqualify yourself from juries gejohnston Nov 2014 #32
No, some things are objective. Straw Man Nov 2014 #29
emm, the state which went for Obama twice? Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #31
Ummm, how can "more guns = more crime" if ther are no new gun owners? DonP Nov 2014 #27
Why, it's the WaPo! wattasurprise. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #33
Controllers gotta control....truth be damned. ileus Nov 2014 #35
statistics for dummy's jimmy the one Nov 2014 #36
I refuse to have my rights limited... beevul Nov 2014 #37
icon down, icon down jimmy the one Nov 2014 #38
Hes fully capable of defending his own posts. beevul Nov 2014 #39
Thanks, but I feel no need to defend myself against a word salad... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #40
I'm feeling ill jimmy the one Nov 2014 #48
"You make me sick." beevul Nov 2014 #52
Let that sort have their tantrums- it's about all they have left to bring to the table friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #54
If there is an issue with the statistics, then lets simplify. kioa Nov 2014 #41
another statistics for dummy's case jimmy the one Nov 2014 #47
If you read 'statistics for dummies' you would learn about the term "per capita" kioa Nov 2014 #49
per capita for dummies jimmy the one Nov 2014 #50
Thanks for the riveting personal story. kioa Nov 2014 #55
unexpected compliment vs ad hom jimmy the one Nov 2014 #56
That's not an ad hominem. kioa Nov 2014 #57
Sorry Jimmy... beevul Nov 2014 #58
Check out what young James inadvertently posted on another thread: friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #59
I just found it funny... beevul Nov 2014 #60
recommended reading jimmy the one Dec 2014 #62
You "proved" your point by combining pairs of states together... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #63
ALL those states' violent crime rates are below what they were before shall-issue... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #42
Color You Uninterested otohara Nov 2014 #43
Color you focused on death by gun. beevul Nov 2014 #44
Gun control advocates: The only people that express dismay when crime rates decline... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #46
The fact that The Controllers have *never* shown *any* interest pablo_marmol Dec 2014 #65
Most people would be happy to hear about declining rates of murder and violent crime friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #45
mature some jimmy the one Nov 2014 #51
If shall-issue made the rates rise, why did they subsequently decline... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #53
Is there ever a cause that regressives don't lie about? ileus Nov 2014 #61
Pious fraud doesn't just emanate from churches/temples/mosques/synagogues... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #64
MORE GUNS MORE TOTAL CRIME jimmy the one Dec 2014 #66
Too bad for people like you that overall crime rates are dropping... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2014 #67
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