Friday, December 26, 2008
Gun laws vs. crime rates
I'm experimenting a bit with Google Docs.
This spreadsheet shows a couple of charts, comparing Brady Campaign gun law scores by state, with crime rates by state.
A scatter chart with a correlation should show a pattern-Generally the points would be scattered around a diagonal line. In this case, they are very randomly distributed, indicating very low to no correlation between restrictive gun laws and crime.
(This is slightly disappointing--I would have hoped to see strict gun laws associated with more crime)
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Moving Eyes Moose
A "The Hartford" promotional moving eyes wristwatch:
I found this at a local thrift store, good cosmetically but not running. Took it apart, cleaned, oiled and reassembled. The eyes gave me some trouble, I couldn't remove them, and had to run them through the cleaner and hope the paint didn't come off.
Seems a bit goofy for an insurance company, but fun.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)