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The brilliant Nate Silver uses graphs and numbers and stuff to make a compelling case that we are ratcheting up security measures at airports at a time when the risk of violent attacks on aeroplanes is as low or lower than it has ever been.
And if you're interested in the statistics on plane crashes (and I mean, who isn't?) then check out this remarkable site.
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What does the relatively high number of deaths in the 30s have to do with risks of violent attacks on aeroplanes?
Oh, I see. Nothing at all.
Posted by: David Jones | November 24, 2010 at 11:44 AM
This isn't a graph of "deaths" or even "deaths on planes", it's a graph of "deaths from violent passenger attacks on planes".
The point you might have made is that the number of flights in 1930s is too low for the sample to statistically robust, which something Silver acknowledges. Anyway - the whole post should be read in full.
Posted by: Ian Leslie | November 24, 2010 at 12:08 PM