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by thebooktocome 3568 days ago
Cute, but absolute numbers are meaningless here. Rewrite with per capita statistics and see what happens to your conclusions.
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scedast 3568 days ago
Per capita would hide lurking variables like differences in crime rate among different communities. Comparing to overall homicides surfaces this effect more.
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thebooktocome 3568 days ago
That's just not how you correct for confounding effects.
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