Re:Predictive Policing Software Is Pretty Terrible at Predic...
by tech_ken on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @05:51PM
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> Most poor people do not commit crimes, which is what you would expect if that statemebt is true.
No this does not follow from what I said. "Group A is more likely to do X than Group B" is very different from "The majority of Group A does X". One is a comparison between two rates, and the other is a comparison of one rate to an absolute threshold (50%).
No this does not follow from what I said. "Group A is more likely to do X than Group B" is very different from "The majority of Group A does X". One is a comparison between two rates, and the other is a comparison of one rate to an absolute threshold (50%).