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Even a woke Harvard Professor can get math wrong
Posted on: July 23, 2020 at 08:38:56 CT
BH O'bonga MU
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Dr. Lepore's political bias lead her to a false premise and incorrect conclusion.
An untrue claim in the New Yorker speaks volumes
"One study suggests that two-thirds of Americans between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four who were treated in emergency rooms suffered from injuries inflicted by police and security guards, about as many people as the number of pedestrians injured by motor vehicles.
- JILL LEPORE, NEW YORKER"
"I did my best to work out a rough estimate of the true proportion of 15-34 year olds visiting the ER who had suffered legal intervention injuries, and arrived at a figure of 0.2% (you can follow my working in this thread). So I believe Lepore’s claim to be off by a factor of several hundred."
https://unherd.com/thepost/an-untrue-claim-in-the-new-yorker-speaks-volumes/
An untrue claim in the New Yorker speaks volumes
"One study suggests that two-thirds of Americans between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four who were treated in emergency rooms suffered from injuries inflicted by police and security guards, about as many people as the number of pedestrians injured by motor vehicles.
- JILL LEPORE, NEW YORKER"
"I did my best to work out a rough estimate of the true proportion of 15-34 year olds visiting the ER who had suffered legal intervention injuries, and arrived at a figure of 0.2% (you can follow my working in this thread). So I believe Lepore’s claim to be off by a factor of several hundred."
https://unherd.com/thepost/an-untrue-claim-in-the-new-yorker-speaks-volumes/
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Even a woke Harvard Professor can get math wrong - BH O'bonga MU - 7/23 08:38:56