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Data Visualization Design · Quiz 2 · 16 Aug 2026 · May 2026 term

Question 11: A student reads that homicide accounts for 51.0% of deat…

Question 11

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A student reads that homicide accounts for 51.0% of deaths among rap musicians and 51.5% among hip hop musicians, against 6.0% across all genres, and concludes that rap is an exceptionally dangerous profession. Which cautions below are sound?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    At least half of all rap and hip hop musicians who have ever lived are still alive, so the observed deaths are a small and unrepresentative slice

  2. B

    The distortion is more severe the younger the genre

  3. C

    Dying violently or unusually may itself contribute to fame, which affects who enters the sample at all

  4. D

    The figures are expressed as rates per 100,000 musicians, so the comparison across genres is adjusted

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Correct answers

  • A

    At least half of all rap and hip hop musicians who have ever lived are still alive, so the observed deaths are a small and unrepresentative slice

  • B

    The distortion is more severe the younger the genre

  • C

    Dying violently or unusually may itself contribute to fame, which affects who enters the sample at all

Question 11 of 17 in the IIT Madras BS Data Visualization Design (Data Visualization Design) Quiz 2 paper sat on 16 Aug 2026, in the May 2026 term (DVD 16 Aug 26). It carries 2 marks.

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