View Single Post
Old 01-13-2016, 11:26 AM   #66
firebug
Powerplay Quarterback
 
firebug's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Mayor of McKenzie Towne
Exp:
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster View Post
One of the problems with the data is how "terrorism" is defined. This still cause of considerable debate.

But if you look at the relatively significant terrorist acts in t he United States since 2000, you would almost certainly come to a different conclusion than the Europol data would suggest.
So the lesson is, if you cherry pick your data you can find the conclusion you want?

Why select 2000? Why not start your data pull from 2001... say October? Would that change the story the data tells?
__________________
"Teach a man to reason, and he'll think for a lifetime"

~P^2
firebug is offline   Reply With Quote