Evaluating Methods and Findings from a Study of State Gun Policies

doi:10.7249/RR1642

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DOI	10.7249/RR1642
报告编号	RR-1642-RC
	Evaluating Methods and Findings from a Study of State Gun Policies
	Terry L. Schell; Andrew R. Morral
	2016
出版年	2016
页数	10
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	This brief technical report is part of RAND's ongoing Gun Policy in America research initiative. That project's review of the research on firearm policies included an article published in the journal The Lancet titled "Firearm Legislation and Firearm Mortality in the USA: A Cross-Sectional, State-Level Study," which examined the effects of 25 state laws on gun deaths. Given the relevance to RAND's ongoing research, the study team carefully reviewed the article and found several problems in the statistical methods and conclusions. The article's findings appeared likely to support bad gun policies and to hurt future research efforts that could treat them as valid. After reconstructing the data set and reanalyzing the article's models, RAND study team submitted a comment to The Lancet pointing out the significant problems in the article. Because the comment was limited to 250 words, this report provides technical background on the assessment, a detailed account of the errors detected, and statistical support for the RAND study team's conclusions.
英文关键词	United States Gun Violence Crime and Violence Prevention RAND-initiated Public Safety Legislation
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/4375
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Terry L. Schell,Andrew R. Morral. Evaluating Methods and Findings from a Study of State Gun Policies:RAND Corporation,2016.