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That may or may not be a statistically quality group to test. Plus just getting 15 or 30 or even 150 isn't statistically valid either.

BUT. . . . . if Hood Jr. is "present" at 30 or 40 shootings in Chi-town, well, he then moves the bell curve, don't he? 40x15 - he makes up for 600 people. Do that a few times and use another poor statistical set (let's only contact people in the hood) and you get 1 in 15 pretty easy.

Remember - paper-writers are looking to get published to stay employed - regardless of the truth of their paper. There is a whole industry around academics writing questionable papers just to be published. And CBS doesn't care if its' 1 in 15 or 1 in whatever. They just want a jarring headline.

So no one is really focused on the TRUTH. Just their own self-interests.

<blockquote data-quote="Dennis in MA" data-source="post: 9456268" data-attributes="member: 2207">That may or may not be a statistically quality group to test.&nbsp; Plus just getting 15 or 30 or even 150 isn&#039;t statistically valid either.BUT. . . . . if Hood Jr. is &quot;present&quot; at 30 or 40 shootings in Chi-town, well, he then moves the bell curve, don&#039;t he?&nbsp; 40x15 - he makes up for 600 people.&nbsp; Do that a few times and use another poor statistical set (let&#039;s only contact people in the hood) and you get 1 in 15 pretty easy.&nbsp; Remember - paper-writers are looking to get published to stay employed - regardless of the truth of their paper.&nbsp; There is a whole industry around academics writing questionable papers just to be published.&nbsp; And CBS doesn&#039;t care if its&#039; 1 in 15 or 1 in whatever.&nbsp; They just want a jarring headline.&nbsp; So no one is really focused on the TRUTH.&nbsp; Just their own self-interests.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dennis in MA, post: 9456268, member: 2207"] That may or may not be a statistically quality group to test. Plus just getting 15 or 30 or even 150 isn't statistically valid either. BUT. . . . . if Hood Jr. is "present" at 30 or 40 shootings in Chi-town, well, he then moves the bell curve, don't he? 40x15 - he makes up for 600 people. Do that a few times and use another poor statistical set (let's only contact people in the hood) and you get 1 in 15 pretty easy. Remember - paper-writers are looking to get published to stay employed - regardless of the truth of their paper. There is a whole industry around academics writing questionable papers just to be published. And CBS doesn't care if its' 1 in 15 or 1 in whatever. They just want a jarring headline. So no one is really focused on the TRUTH. Just their own self-interests. [/QUOTE]

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