Keywords
clocks, crime clocks, graphs
Abstract
For decades, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has presented "crime clocks"--graphs which use clock-face graphs to depict the average time between incidents of particular crimes. Similar devices have been adopted by all sorts of organizations warning that "An instance of X occurs every Y seconds." While this is a popular way of presenting social statistics, it is deeply flawed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.15.2.1407
Recommended Citation
Best, Joel. "Considering What Counts: On the Clock." Numeracy 15, Iss. 2 (2022): Article 7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.15.2.1407
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