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Another example of “damn statistics”
Closed Published by steve February 17th, 2005 in Education, MusingsDuring a presentation on suicide prevention that I attended a part of my teaching credential program, some Santa Clara County suicide statistics were presented. Here are my comments on the statistics.
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In the suicide statistics presented, suicide rates are calculated using the formula:
Number of Suicides / Size of Population * 100,000
This formula and its use of […]
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