@article{ref1,
title="Firearms data, and an ode to data systems",
journal="Chance",
year="2018",
author="Hemenway, David A.",
volume="31",
number="1",
pages="7-11",
abstract="As my statistics teacher always said, while it is easy to lie with statistics, it is a lot easier to lie without statistics. I would add that it is also easy to lie with bad statistics.   I am currently reading an interesting book about guns, with the subtitle &quot;The data dont lie.&quot; I believe that claim is incorrect. Data can be, and often are, quite inaccurate.   This esay a) emphasizes the importance of data systems (&quot;surveillance systems&quot;) -- not one-off surveys, but data that are collected consistently and comparable across sites and over time; b) provides examples of the need to recognize the limitations of each system and to keep improving them; and c) bemoans the lack of both data and funding for statistical analysis of firearm issues...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-2480",
doi="10.1080/09332480.2018.1438703",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09332480.2018.1438703"
}