r/MurderedByWords • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • Dec 17 '24

#3 Murder of Week Is he just stupid?

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u/pezx Dec 17 '24

I'm always interested in how they get unreported numbers if they weren't reported.

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u/specfreq Dec 17 '24

I'm probably wrong but I think it comes from statistics. Like when a case study focusing on domestic violence finds that only 35% of domestic violence incidents are reported to the police.

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u/be-kind-re-wind Dec 17 '24

That one’s weird too, we don’t how much 100% is. How would you know what 35% is?

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u/Oleandervine Dec 17 '24

That's not how always statistics work though. You don't always know the base group until after the survey period is over. So for instance, one year the doctor may ask 200 women, and the next year they may ask 300 women. So the survey demographic is variable from year to year, and your statistic is based off of that. That's always why you hear things like "In 2024, 35% of domestic violence cases were unreported," because there is no fixed demographic size, and it changes year to year.