I'm good. YOu want to dismiss FBI stats, but you don't want to admit that you want to dismiss FBI stats because you fear that would make you look like ridiculous.
SO, you dismiss them.
If anyone uses them you attack the FBI stats.
But is someone asks you about your dismissal of the stats, you deny that you dismissed them.
A new twist, I admit, but fairly standard lib intellectual dishonesty.
I just wish I knew if you really believe your crap.
Your lies are your problem.
The FBI only collects data from about 60% of all of the Law Enforcement Agencies nationwide.
Therefore their data is incomplete.
If you try and extrapolate their incomplete data and use it calculate percentages based upon the demographics of the entire US population you are going to come up with garbage.
That is
YOUR problem since you obviously don't have a clue about math.
Now run along and ask someone to help you enroll in adult remedial education classes at your local community college.
Mmm, if you were really so confident in your argument, you wouldn't rely so heavily on Appeal to Ridicule.
COuld you explain why you did not attack the OP for using FBI stats?
I already explained it once but for the dull witted I will type this slowly.
The FBI only obtains data from about 60% of all law enforcement agencies nationally.
Comparing the FBI data to Census data is invalid because Census data is based upon 100% of the population.
Comparing FBI data to FBI data is valid because it is the same 60% source.
Therefore the 2:1 ratio is based upon the same 60% subset. Mathematically it is a valid result because the base is the same for both sides of the ratio.
But to compare the FBI data to Census data is invalid because the FBI base is 60% whereas the Census base is 100% therefore the math won't yield a valid percentage.
Please make your $500 payment to my Paypal account for this lesson in basic mathematics.
If that 60% is not a representative sample than representing it as valid for "whites" and "blacks" is invalid.
And yet you have no problem with that.
But if the sample IS representative then comparing it to the rest of the nation, as I did IS valid.
Your attempt to insult my intelligence when your argument is, well what it is, really does not reflect well on you.
Like I said. GREAT AVATAR!
Congratulations, it looks like you actually managed to learn something today.
Yes, the FBI 60% data set is probably not an accurate representative sample of crime nationwide.
However the mathematical ratio derived from that sample was correct.
Now you can argue that the OP made an assumption based upon incomplete data but you cannot argue that his math was wrong, because it wasn't.
On the other hand you and Pops both were intent upon making mathematical errors because you didn't understand the flaws in using different source data.
So in that respect your math was wrong whereas the OP's math was correct.
Now where is that $500 Paypal deposit?