%0 Journal Article
%T Firearms data, and an ode to data systems
%J Chance
%D 2018
%A Hemenway, David A.
%V 31
%N 1
%P 7-11
%X 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 "The data dont lie." I believe that claim is incorrect. Data can be, and often are, quite inaccurate.   This esay a) emphasizes the importance of data systems ("surveillance systems") -- 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>
%G en
%I Springer-Verlag
%@ 0933-2480
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09332480.2018.1438703