Tuesday, November 27, 2007

US Conference of Mayors disputes "most dangerous cities"

For someone looking for an example of evaluating information, or the possible misuse of statistics, you might want to point them to this press release from the U.S. Conference of Mayors which takes issue with the CQ rankings of "most dangerous" cities based on crime statistics. The press releases mentions an FBI caution about making comparisons of the variables and rankings.

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