Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Vol. 30, No. 1 (March 2014), pp. 97-112 (16 pages) Objectives Place-based policing experiments have led to encouraging findings regarding the ability of the police ...

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In order to make smart decisions at work, we need data. Where that data comes from and how we analyze it depends on a lot of factors — for example, what we’re trying to do with the results, how ...

Data collection is sometimes performed without considering the effect poorly collected data has in the strength of statistical conclusions. When researchers properly design an experiment, they are ...