>Reword these as per 10,000? That way you have "whole people" while
>preserving the differences among the rates.
this might ease the problem but, does not eliminate it (though makes more
sense than a base of 100) ... for, what if the value comes out to be ...
.04423? i guess it depends on how many tend to be IN each prison ...
perhaps ... as that should be the yardstick to use ... if you are comparing
escapee rates across institutions ...
but, maybe the base should more be a function of the type of comparison
being done ... across institutions might (logically) call for a smaller
base ... across states might call for a larger base ...
for example ... in small towns in a state ... to talk about the escapee
rate in local jails as out of 10,000 .... seems totally unrealistic ... it
might give you a nice "whole" number but, it seems rather meaningless as it
might take 40 years to accumulate that many prisoners
there will always be some "roundoff" ... of course, the bigger the base ...
10,000 versus 1,000 or 100 ... the less importance it will have
>
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