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Jimro · July 21, 2013, 02:14 PM

Ok, just finished the first read through of the Georgia study.

Much more rigorous than the Texas A&M study.

However, their findings of 4.4 to 7.4 more homicides per month spread across 18 states is something that I find to be a non-issue.

Also it should be noted that Texas and Louisianna had some trouble with the weather in 2005 which caused some social upheaval that is out of the "statistical norm" for those states. There is no mention of "mass human migration in the event of New Orleans flooding" as a confounding factor.

I do appreciate that they showed the control rates both before and after showing similar curve patterns between the SYG and control population. I also noticed that the curved diverged very little after the SYG zero point.

Jimro

July 21, 2013, 02:14 PM	#24
Jimro Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2006 Posts: 7,097	Ok, just finished the first read through of the Georgia study. Much more rigorous than the Texas A&M study. However, their findings of 4.4 to 7.4 more homicides per month spread across 18 states is something that I find to be a non-issue. Also it should be noted that Texas and Louisianna had some trouble with the weather in 2005 which caused some social upheaval that is out of the "statistical norm" for those states. There is no mention of "mass human migration in the event of New Orleans flooding" as a confounding factor. I do appreciate that they showed the control rates both before and after showing similar curve patterns between the SYG and control population. I also noticed that the curved diverged very little after the SYG zero point. Jimro __________________ Machine guns are awesome until you have to carry one.