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Lies, Damned Lies, etc. by Furcifer 03/04/2008, 6:06pm PST
Ray of Light wrote:

Zsenitan wrote:

5.7 auto accidents per million miles driven, in contrast to men's 5.1, even though men drive about 74 percent more miles a year than women.


When comparing two numbers which are "per" something else, the number of extant somethings else is not relevant. Mnemonic device: per-purr-I'm like a cat-cats don't care (about anything, but especially not all these silly numbers).

The reasonable inference is actually the opposite of what the author thinks. Women are probably driving fewer miles because they make, on average, shorter trips. (Consider all those women homemakers making short jaunts to the grocery store and whatnot, but never commuting to work.) More than 50% of auto accidents occur less than 5 miles from home, so women may simply be making more high-risk trips than men. It would be more illuminating, then, to see the numbers broken down by trips, rather than miles.
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        its in the DNA by Grumah 03/01/2008, 7:33pm PST NEW
    Maybe the underlying problem is that women are dumb and should stay at home. by Zsenitan 03/02/2008, 8:27pm PST NEW
        And yet I still paid more for car insurance under 25, thanks to our sexist socie by Fussbett 03/02/2008, 8:46pm PST NEW
            Moom used to have a Fiero. NT by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 03/04/2008, 9:19am PST NEW
        Where's the punchline? by motherfuckerfoodeater 03/02/2008, 9:40pm PST NEW
            Re: Where's the punchline? by Zsenitan 03/03/2008, 9:03am PST NEW
        Attention women! by Ray of Light 03/03/2008, 10:11am PST NEW
            You're awfully smug for a man who shat himself. NT by Jerry Whorebach 03/03/2008, 10:18am PST NEW
                That's because I compete on smugness in the open class by Ray of Light 03/03/2008, 10:33am PST NEW
                    He stoops to conquer NT by The Shitter 03/03/2008, 2:16pm PST NEW
            Lies, Damned Lies, etc. by Furcifer 03/04/2008, 6:06pm PST NEW
                Re: Lies, Damned Lies, etc. by laudablepuss 03/04/2008, 6:10pm PST NEW
                    Know what makes me laugh? That one Fullerenes song, you know, the novelty one. by Jerry Whorebach 03/04/2008, 6:17pm PST NEW
                        I got garbage dayed in this thread. NT by Fullofkittens 03/06/2008, 10:47am PST NEW
                            Re: I got garbage dayed in this thread. by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 03/06/2008, 11:00am PST NEW
                    Re: Lies, Damned Lies, etc. by Furcifer 03/05/2008, 4:44am PST NEW
                        Re: Lies, Damned Lies, etc. by laudablepuss 03/05/2008, 6:03pm PST NEW
                            Re: Lies, Damned Lies, etc. by Furcifer 03/06/2008, 4:35pm PST NEW
                                Let's back up a little bit. by laudablepuss 03/06/2008, 6:23pm PST NEW
                                    We need to get FABIO in here to explain all these statistics, statistical terms. by Jerry Whorebach 03/06/2008, 7:05pm PST NEW
                                        Re: We need to get FABIO in here to explain all these statistics, statistical te by laudablepuss 03/06/2008, 10:56pm PST NEW
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                                    Trucking. Stupid pantyhead. by Zsenitan 03/07/2008, 12:01am PST NEW
                                        Ah yes. That could account for it, possibly. by laudablepuss 03/07/2008, 11:20am PST NEW
                                            Like accidents involving pedestrians, men driving trucks don't EVEN count. NT by Jerry Whorebach 03/07/2008, 12:21pm PST NEW
                                            Re: Ah yes. That could account for it, possibly. by Zsenitan 03/07/2008, 12:31pm PST NEW
                                                Re: Ah yes. That could account for it, possibly. by laudablepuss 03/07/2008, 1:30pm PST NEW
                I know a guy who never goes home because most accidents occur around the house. NT by His name is JUGHEAD. 03/04/2008, 6:19pm PST NEW
        Equal opportunity pay-to-flirt by Fussbett 03/03/2008, 2:41pm PST NEW
        That article perpetuates more setereotypes by FABIO 03/03/2008, 3:43pm PST NEW
            Who perpetuates the stereotype that FABIO fails at everything he tries? NT by Jerry Whorebach 03/03/2008, 4:22pm PST NEW
                That stereotype has gotten progressively more expansive, it seems. :( NT by laudablepuss 03/03/2008, 4:53pm PST NEW
 
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