\doc\web\99\06\crimdat.txt From: "Bob Govan" To: arthurhu@halcyon.com, brand@crispian.demon.co.uk, rushton@julian.uwo.ca Copies to: gusben@hotmail.com Subject: I'm STILL seeing things in Hu's data!!! Date sent: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 06:43:52 PST Gentlemen, If you take Arthur Hu's data (cut and paste from below) to the following site, some profound graphs emerge: The figures here originate in FBI arrests-data for 1991. If you go to Hu's page: then FIND "\doc\95\13\usarrest.wk1" you can see the meaning of the R column below. R Total White Black AmInd Asian 1 2.14 0.47 10.87 1.07 -1.51 2 1.97 0.51 9.61 1.23 -7.37 3 1.85 0.54 8.45 1.85 -1.74 4 1.79 0.56 7.01 -4.46 5.07 5 1.57 0.64 6.09 3.92 -9.25 6 1.47 0.68 5.31 1.65 -2.47 7 1.41 0.71 4.90 -1.13 -1.86 8 1.41 0.71 4.90 -1.14 -2.57 9 1.38 0.72 4.72 -1.93 -4.20 10 1.37 0.73 4.50 1.37 -1.51 11 1.34 0.75 4.27 1.51 -2.71 12 1.33 0.75 4.22 -1.00 -1.98 13 1.27 0.79 3.66 1.59 -1.90 14 1.26 0.79 3.61 1.58 -1.91 15 1.24 0.81 3.48 -1.08 -2.60 16 1.24 0.80 3.45 2.02 -2.59 17 1.23 0.82 3.34 1.99 -3.94 18 1.23 0.82 3.34 1.99 -3.94 19 1.21 0.83 3.10 1.66 -1.72 20 1.18 0.84 3.09 5.92 -4.90 21 1.18 0.85 2.96 1.03 -2.74 22 1.20 0.83 2.96 1.66 1.12 23 1.17 0.86 2.85 1.31 -2.48 24 1.16 0.86 2.81 1.60 -2.77 25 1.06 0.95 1.95 1.32 -3.05 26 1.05 0.96 1.88 1.18 -3.08 27 1.04 0.96 1.79 1.04 -1.54 28 1.03 0.97 1.69 1.28 -2.82 29 -1.01 1.01 1.35 2.72 -9.78 30 -1.00 1.00 1.32 1.37 -1.16 31 -1.09 1.09 -1.34 2.76 -5.25 32 -1.11 1.11 -1.46 1.35 -4.01 My original enthusiasm may have been justified even when I was guaranteeing orderly results by sorting. THE MEANINGFUL THING IS THE LEFTMOST COLUMN AND HOW IT DESCENDS IN CRIME-VIOLENCE- SERIOUSNESS!!! Bob Govan "The (anonymous) are superior to us. We must secretly get rid of them while they are distracted!" -- (Anonymous) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com