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srican69

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81. congrats on graduating from the Jack Welch school of criticism
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 11:01 PM
Dec 2012

If you think I am going to take time and effort to 'cook' the data to convince people on DU ..most of whom agree with me...you are either soft in your head or don't belong to du...


I was upfront in calling it gun related deaths...not homicides...

BTE.why doesn't Japan stand out in gun related death s( including suicides)...oh I forgot...it has very few guns to begin with...

even if it did not...do you want to have a bet that if I remove Japan from the dataset..the model isn't going to change a whole lot... So even if I did cook the data...there wouldn't have been much of a point..


Like I said....Jack Welch Would be proud of you..

Take this you gun nutters !!! [View all] srican69 Dec 2012 OP
Oh my gosh! I'd be safer in Chile! tblue Dec 2012 #1
We're not off the rails. ehrenfeucht games Dec 2012 #5
What on earth are you suggesting? EOTE Dec 2012 #8
If I am reading the chart correctly, we are about where... ehrenfeucht games Dec 2012 #10
The point of the graph is that the more guns you have, the more gun deaths there are. EOTE Dec 2012 #12
Whether we need more or fewer guns depends on whether we want more or fewer gun deaths. ehrenfeucht games Dec 2012 #15
You needn't need be so subtle. EOTE Dec 2012 #17
I've been called a lot of things, but "subtle" is a new one. ehrenfeucht games Dec 2012 #21
Glad I could be the first :p NT EOTE Dec 2012 #61
BTW, the initial post also makes the point that we are NOT an outlier on that chart. (nt) ehrenfeucht games Dec 2012 #11
I posted the op...an outlier in statistics is a datapoint srican69 Dec 2012 #14
I agree. (nt) ehrenfeucht games Dec 2012 #16
Over half of them are suicides Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #84
you seem to be reading the chart wrong Motown_Johnny Dec 2012 #86
you would be safer in any of the countries in the analysis above srican69 Dec 2012 #7
You made me lol... hehe. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #48
How do you explain the DoJ report below when all have same access to the guns you cite? jody Dec 2012 #2
Are you saying the info in the OP is wrong? morningfog Dec 2012 #3
Here is one for children: morningfog Dec 2012 #4
you are doing timeseries in USA...I am doing a snapshot analysis srican69 Dec 2012 #6
No, it's not so subtly injecting race into the discussion Fumesucker Dec 2012 #18
Ridiculous. You can't use the race card to avoid DoJ's report. Clearly it's not just guns as the OP jody Dec 2012 #23
You were the one that played the race card Fumesucker Dec 2012 #32
OP posted a regression model and claimed guns caused homicides. Is there anyone other than me who jody Dec 2012 #34
The US seems to be about average on the chart the OP put up Fumesucker Dec 2012 #37
Fumesucker perhaps you might think I'm your enemy, other DUers do, but I'm not. jody Dec 2012 #40
I don't have a problem with you, we're fine Fumesucker Dec 2012 #44
Simple fact, more guns cause higher homicide rates. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #38
Please explain how that supports the statistical credibility of the OP's model. nt jody Dec 2012 #41
How the fact that more guns means more crime in areas with similar social/socioeconomic factors? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #43
Or perhaps you're too stupid to explain. So we've exchanged insults. Can you answer the question? jody Dec 2012 #45
Since you evidently ARE too stupid to grasp the essential point: Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #46
Have a blissful evening and goodbye. nt jody Dec 2012 #47
That's DoJ's report, not mine. You asserted guns cause homicide and I asked why the DoJ data jody Dec 2012 #22
doesn't matter if it is your analysis or DOJ..your graph shows that srican69 Dec 2012 #26
LOL why don't you provide all the stats for your linear regression because that's what your OP jody Dec 2012 #31
Your little graph says nothing to contradict the OP. EOTE Dec 2012 #9
The DoJ data shows homicide rates about seven times different when both sub populations have jody Dec 2012 #25
I don't understand a word of this post and I don't think you do either. yardwork Dec 2012 #51
I'm not responsible for you being unable to understand simple concepts. nt jody Dec 2012 #54
Christ, this is not difficult to understand. EOTE Dec 2012 #62
OP says "Here is empirical proof on the effect of guns" OP says it's a regression model but such jody Dec 2012 #63
Gun related deaths vs. homicides rucky Dec 2012 #87
Ask the OP author. nt jody Dec 2012 #88
Why would you need to. It's not a comparable statistic. One is a snapshot. The other is a linear. Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #49
Both deal with cause of homicide. Sorry you don't understand. nt jody Dec 2012 #56
Your graph does not refute the op. it just doesn't. If it does clearly share your reasoning. Nt Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #60
First, OP regression line is not supported. Second regression models do not prove cause. Third I jody Dec 2012 #64
Strawman. Nt Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #67
Straw-man to anyone who doesn't understand the simplest concepts of regression models. nt jody Dec 2012 #68
Strawman: Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #69
Your chart doesn't refute the OP's chart. They are two completely separate issues. yardwork Dec 2012 #50
No they both deal with cause of homicide. Sorry you don't understand. nt jody Dec 2012 #55
Stop being an idiot. baldguy Dec 2012 #59
OP submitted a line through a scatter diagram. Said it was a regression and "empirical proof on the jody Dec 2012 #65
not to be overly technical but.. srican69 Dec 2012 #13
I think I can speak for the DU community here Fumesucker Dec 2012 #19
You don't speak for me. OP makes assertions that are not supported by the model as presented. nt jody Dec 2012 #35
Please provide all the statistics for your model so one can determine the efficacy of your claim. nt jody Dec 2012 #28
NRA: "Only More Guns Will Solve The Problem Of Gun Violence" Forrestted Dec 2012 #20
Where's Brazil? k2qb3 Dec 2012 #24
what next...why don't you throw in natural deaths as well srican69 Dec 2012 #30
Thank you for the recommendation... k2qb3 Dec 2012 #83
I would like to see a chart of how many deaths by "illegal guns", which crazyjoe Dec 2012 #27
Who manufactures illegal guns these days? ehrenfeucht games Dec 2012 #53
deaths by people whom are in possession of a gun illegally, ok? crazyjoe Dec 2012 #85
Our residual is even higher than the Banana Republics Doctor_J Dec 2012 #29
What the chart says - socialindependocrat Dec 2012 #33
Culture is certainly a factor. Perhaps that's why Japan with low gun rates compared to the US has a jody Dec 2012 #36
I think that everyone agrees that people who kill others are mentally unstable. socialindependocrat Dec 2012 #39
"mentally unstable" that's not my field but that gets my lay-person's vote for a primary jody Dec 2012 #42
And the propaganda king returns for another round DainBramaged Dec 2012 #77
The handful of armed people in Barbados are nothing to fuck with cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #52
Ah, so you include suicides in that number? krispos42 Dec 2012 #57
Bill Hicks - "You'd be a fool and a communist to make a connection between having a gun..." Initech Dec 2012 #58
srican69 what's the R square for your "regression line"? nt jody Dec 2012 #66
adjusted R -square of 0.85 srican69 Dec 2012 #70
Thanks. FBI data for the US is at variance with the data you used for your analysis. jody Dec 2012 #74
this includes gun related suicides as well as homicides srican69 Dec 2012 #76
If your data includes suicides, then IMO your model is fatally flawed because it excludes Japan jody Dec 2012 #78
it had to be a gun related suicide to count srican69 Dec 2012 #79
Doesn't matter you cooked the data. You and I know if you presented that at a local chapter of jody Dec 2012 #80
congrats on graduating from the Jack Welch school of criticism srican69 Dec 2012 #81
That's the response I expected given the model you concocted. nt jody Dec 2012 #82
BTW The R-square does not matter - you need to look at srican69 Dec 2012 #71
We disagree. R square in your model can be interpreted as the percent of variation in the dependent jody Dec 2012 #75
Source? Link? guardian Dec 2012 #72
The analysis is mine .. source data is from wikipedia filtered to OECD countries srican69 Dec 2012 #73
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