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Daily Archives: June 13, 2006
The “Truth About J.D. Power’s IQS”
If you compare the rankings based on production quality alone, the brands’ relative positions change dramatically. BMW bounds 24 places to third; Buick jumps 14 to eighth; MINI ascends 13 to 16th; Mercedes-Benz climbs nine also to 16th; Subaru also gains nine to 19th. At the same time, Dodge drops eight to 27th; GMC plummets 13 rungs to 22nd; Nissan plunges ten, also to 22nd. Eight others change position by at least five slots. These include Chrysler, which shares many models with Dodge yet moves up five places, to fifth. Out of 37 brands, 16 rankings are heavily affected by the inclusion of design quality.
FBI’s Preliminary 2005 US “Uniform Crime Report”
The FBI: PDF File. Madison’s results:
Violent Crime, 2004: 841 2005: 839
Murder, 2004: 2 2005: 2
Forcible Rape, 2004: 94 2005: 80
Robbery, 2004: 292 2005: 329
Aggravated Assault, 2004: 453 2005: 428
Property Crime, 2004: 7,279 2005: 7,739
Burglary, 2004: 1450 2005: 1449
Larceny-theft, 2004: 5268 2005: 5682
Motor Vehicle theft, 2004: 561 2005: 606
Arson, 2004: 83 2005: 65
I had the opportunity to speak with Madison Police Lt. Joe Balles a month or so ago regarding local crime data. He mentioned that the City of Madison Police department responds to 157,000 calls annually and that 1 out of every 3 has additional data (“crime”). The data is generally stored and reported following the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting standards.
Joe mentioned that the community does not report simple theft to them as they did in the past; bike thefts are an example of this. Finally, Joe noted that the FBI’s data model does not include some types, such as ID or credit card data theft.