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by srothstein
Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:06 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Carrying a gun increases risk of getting shot and killed
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Re: Carrying a gun increases risk of getting shot and killed

here is a link to the abstract of the study referenced (2008, not 2003). I will try to look it up at the library to get more of the research.

I want to check how many were legally carrying and how many were breaking the law when they were shot. The real problem is how they picked the control group. They selected 684 people as a control group. This can invalidate the study if the control group was not selected properly. Normally a study of rates liek this is done by comparing the study group to the population overall (so, compare the rate of being shot for the 677 to the rate of being shot for all Philadelphia residents).

My courses in research are making me question a lot of statistics more.

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