--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The real problem with the study is the design itself. > > > If it had a better design than a simple pre-post > > > (which makes no sense for research of this sort) non > > > of these question would be discussed. > > > > Are you saying the 36-hour hike in the murder rate > > *was* an anomaly and that it *was* legitimate not > > to take it into account? > > Isn't discounting a large surge in the murder rate during > the period that crime was being measured a lot like saying: > > "The IA course has successfully created a lasting state of > peace, worldwide. We have not counted Iraq, Afghanistan, > Darfur, Chad, Sudan, Western Sahara, Somalia, Nigeria, and > Chechnya because they are anomalies." > > :-) >
If this surge lasts 36-hours and isn't repeated for the rest of the 8 week period under study, then it is plausible that it is an anomoly.
