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Re:Homeless Mortality Data by kelnos on Sunday March 03, 2024 @01:20AM (#39578897)
I'm a little confused why you chose those two not-particlarly-comparable data points.

More notable -- and horrifying -- is the large rise in the homeless mortality rate between 2011 and 202.

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Re:Homeless Mortality Data by didgetmaster on Sunday March 03, 2024 @10:38AM (#39581500)
It was in the article. I am more interested in knowing why the author of the article chose those two particular years. Was 2011 the lowest number out of the last 25? Was 2020 the highest?

If they were chosen to cherry-pick the data in order to better support a predetermined conclusion, then the whole study is suspect. Too many people do that on a wide variety of topics and then wonder why readers are so skeptical.

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