thats standard data analysis
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comparative rates eliminates problems with base rates
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Rates of change vary just as much as any other stat with culture and reporting differences.
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they do have inherent variance true. However its the only way to account for base rate differences
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thats not to say its a perfect comparison. Soc science is by no means sufficiently advanced to make those claims
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but relative changes in base rates are more valid than base rates
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They are just as vulnerable to differences in reporting, measuring and culture as any other stat.
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They just happen to fit your narrative better.
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from you source of choice https://theconversation.com/regulating-people-not-just-guns-might-explain-australias-decline-in-mass-shootings-44770 … i am trying to find a related academic paper
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That article is pretty absurd. First time I've seen a domestic homicide-suicide referred to as a mass shooting...
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...adds an extra few years either side to make the mass shootings seem less often, to name a couple of quirks.
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