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tommytornado OP t1_iwlsmo9 wrote

Reply to comment by LetsGoGameCrocks in US States, Police Training v Shootings/Violent Crime (per million) [OC] by tommytornado

What makes you say I'm ignoring the important cases? My data includes all police shooting fatalities.

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LetsGoGameCrocks t1_iwlxldh wrote

But you’re regularizing on something irrelevant. Your data views a state where 1000 innocent people are shot and 100 violent crimes occur the exact same as a state where 10 innocent people are shot and 1 violent crime happens. Those are the same data point in your set. Do you not see how insane that is? 990 more innocents killed in the first state, completely ignored because there’s more violent crimes?

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tommytornado OP t1_iwlyzqr wrote

I'm no longer sure what point you're trying to make exactly. Better leave it there perhaps?

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LetsGoGameCrocks t1_iwlz9u0 wrote

My point is that this is a pointless and misleading dataset because you’re regularizing on something nonsensical. If you can’t understand that then I advise you to revisit it your notes from your Stats 101 class

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tommytornado OP t1_iwlztc1 wrote

I'm finding you quite rude and I'm going to ignore you from now on.

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