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NinJaBob · 07-24-2010, 10:05 AM

A guy pointed out that more Labs are responsible for attacks in this country than pit bulls and while I have found this same data I posted the following. Let me know what you think.

"I would be interested to hear more about the statistics given here. I'm not saying that your wrong but statistics are not always the answer.

For example I once read an article that claimed that in a given community black people were responsible for more violent crime than any other race. The paper thereby concluded that this means that black people in this area are more likely to commit crime than any other race. What they didn't mention was that this particular community was populated mostly by black people. If only 2 white guys robbed a convenience store in that neighborhood but there are only 2 white guys in that neighborhood how does that skew the results? In reality if you pass a black guy on the street then a white guy who is more likely to rob you in that neighborhood?

Ok so that was a long way to go. All that I am saying is that if you give me some numbers I can skew them to say anything that you want. It would be helpful to know more about this data before I could consider it as legitimate.

I also found a study stating the same thing that you said but it was put out by pro pit bull lobbyists that didn't explain how the data was collected or analyzed. Maybe the data is right but there are professional analysts whos only job is to collect and manipulate data to meet their clients needs. Follow ANY political race to see this first hand or listen to any political radio show either liberal or conservative and this will be apparent."

07-24-2010, 10:05 AM
NinJaBob PF Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,602 Rep Power: 472 Reputation: 10494	Re: I recently read an article about some pit bulls killing a child. A guy pointed out that more Labs are responsible for attacks in this country than pit bulls and while I have found this same data I posted the following. Let me know what you think. "I would be interested to hear more about the statistics given here. I'm not saying that your wrong but statistics are not always the answer. For example I once read an article that claimed that in a given community black people were responsible for more violent crime than any other race. The paper thereby concluded that this means that black people in this area are more likely to commit crime than any other race. What they didn't mention was that this particular community was populated mostly by black people. If only 2 white guys robbed a convenience store in that neighborhood but there are only 2 white guys in that neighborhood how does that skew the results? In reality if you pass a black guy on the street then a white guy who is more likely to rob you in that neighborhood? Ok so that was a long way to go. All that I am saying is that if you give me some numbers I can skew them to say anything that you want. It would be helpful to know more about this data before I could consider it as legitimate. I also found a study stating the same thing that you said but it was put out by pro pit bull lobbyists that didn't explain how the data was collected or analyzed. Maybe the data is right but there are professional analysts whos only job is to collect and manipulate data to meet their clients needs. Follow ANY political race to see this first hand or listen to any political radio show either liberal or conservative and this will be apparent." __________________ Antidisestablishmentarianist at large.......very large! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.