Monday, June 07, 2004

Statistically Speaking

Counting this and that, statisticians present us with myriads of numbers to be shaped and twisted like clown made balloon animals.  Godless, at Gene Expression, posts a few to consider that more than likely would not be published in the New Yorker.

1. “SAT scores for whites coming from families making less than $20000 per year: 983 [1]
2. SAT scores for blacks coming from families making more than $70000 per year: 956
3. Percentage of violent criminals in New York City who are named by their victims as either black or Hispanic: 89.2 [2]
4. 43% of homosexual men in “Shoreland” in Chicago have had at least this many partners: 60
5. Transfer payment amount per native-born household due to immigration in California, in dollars: 1178 [3]
6. Fraction of black males who will likely be incarcerated at some point in their life: 1/3
7. Fraction of white males who will likely be incarcerated at some point in their life: 1/17
8. Percentage of the homeless who are mentally ill/alcoholics/drug addicted: 25/50/33
9. Number of people killed, worldwide, by Nazis: 21 million
10. Number of people killed, worldwide, by Communists: more than 110 million [4]
11. Percentage of France’s electrical power that comes from nuclear energy: 76 [5]
12. Number of people killed in nuclear power accidents in France: 0"

The post is titled “Numbers you’ll never see..."

Godless supplies links to the supporting documentation in the post.

Posted by John Venlet on 06/07 at 04:46 AM
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