Measuring crime : behind the statistics$Hedited by Sharon L. Lohr

Measuring crime : behind the statistics$Hedited by Sharon L. Lohr

Author
Lohr, Sharon L
Publisher
CRC Press
Language
English
Year
2019
Page
149
ISBN
9780367192310,0367192314,9781138489073,1138489077,9780429201189
File Type
pdf
File Size
3.6 MiB

Every day, newspapers, magazines, web sites, and social media feature articles about the prevalence of crime. Some of these contradict each other; others use inaccurate statistics. Many people who see wildly diverging statistics conclude that no statistics should be trusted. However, the essence of the statistical discipline is that all statistics should be accompanied by a measure of their accuracy. This book looks at crime statistics from a statistical point of view, and evaluates the different sources of crime statistics with respect to completeness (i.e. missing data), measurement error, and sampling variability. The goal of the book is to promote statistical reasoning about statistics.

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