Measuring crime : behind the statistics / Sharon Lohr Professor Emerita of Statistics at Arizona State University.
Crime statistics are everywhere, but how do you know when they're valid? If a newspaper report says "the rate of overall violent crime decreased by 0.9 percent," how can you tell where that statistic came from, what it measures, and how accurate it is? Is it worth repeating or sharing...
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