@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 10 months agoThe NYPD has stopped tens of thousands of people under Mayor Adams. Just 5% were white.gothamist.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down130
arrow-up1515arrow-down1external-linkThe NYPD has stopped tens of thousands of people under Mayor Adams. Just 5% were white.gothamist.com@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareThrowawaylinkfedilink-14•10 months agoSo math time. NYC has a 41% white demographic. If all 5% white people stopped were legit stops, my calculator says only 12.19% of the stops were legitimate.
minus-square@Thoth19@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•10 months agoThis doesn’t seem like a bestness of fit test. What type of statistical test did you run?
minus-square@mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•10 months agoIf all (100%) of the stops were legit, your calculator says only 12.18% of the stops were legitimate? What does that even mean?
minus-square@randon31415@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•10 months agoSo only 7.56% of all police stops of non-white people were legit? (10.05+x0.95=.1219, x=0.0756)
So math time. NYC has a 41% white demographic.
If all 5% white people stopped were legit stops, my calculator says only 12.19% of the stops were legitimate.
Oh boy amateur racial crime stats
Yes.
This doesn’t seem like a bestness of fit test. What type of statistical test did you run?
If all (100%) of the stops were legit, your calculator says only 12.18% of the stops were legitimate?
What does that even mean?
So only 7.56% of all police stops of non-white people were legit? (10.05+x0.95=.1219, x=0.0756)