Stiles: Aggregate stats don't support recent perceptions on crime
Today's Chronicle runs an interesting bit of analysis by Matt Stiles on Houston crime data.
Stiles' conclusion? Perceptions that crime in Houston is surging aren't supported by aggregate crime data.
Stiles' effort is a nice first step in trying to replace subjective/anecdotal opinion about Houston crime with more objective analysis. I have in mind a post taking the analysis a bit further, but I've had a little trouble today reconciling FBI UCR data with some aggregate figures reported by Stiles, so my stats-heavy post will have to wait until Excel-master Stiles is back in the office and able (we hope) to share some of his spreadsheets.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/28/07 05:09 PM | Houston Miscellany | Print | Comments (2)
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