Two major real estate search engines nix crime data

Discussion in 'Politics' started by ipatent, Dec 14, 2021.

  1. ipatent

    ipatent

    Most of their geographic forums are fine, and very useful.
     
    #11     Dec 16, 2021
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  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    I mainly use the data they compile about a city. Everything from schools, income, demographics, crime, etc. Allows for good comparisons.
     
    #12     Dec 16, 2021
  3. ipatent

    ipatent

    Real estate websites don't include crime data from property listings due to 'racial bias'

    A blog post by Christian Taubman, the chief growth officer for Redfin, said that a data source that the company considered using for crime data was the National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, but said that such surveys risked including "racial bias."

    "To get around the gaps with reported crimes, the main other data source we considered was the National Crime Victimization Survey from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. By virtue of being a survey, this has the advantage of being able to capture both officially reported and unreported crimes. However, also by virtue of being a survey, if there’s racial bias in respondents’ answers this will get reflected directly in the data," the announcement said.

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    Faulty thinking.
     
    #13     Dec 21, 2021
  4. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    May want to re-read what you're responding to then.
     
    #14     Dec 21, 2021