If ever there was an issue where there is more heat than light, it’s gun violence in the United States. Emotion is great, but it should fuel our desire to get the data right, and draw evidence-based conclusions. On the other hand, if no one is convinced by more or better data, how should we use it? How precise do you really need to be convinced there's a problem?
Ben Zalisko is on the sound board for this episode, but can't help pouncing on Asa's asteroid chatter. Sit down, Ben...
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Participants: Dr. Laura Van Berkle, @Laura_VanBerkel Dr. Asa Rubin, @asarubin2 Dr. Sujata Emani, @SassySujE Dr. Ben Issacoff, @bpisaacoff
NPR story about the Department of Education’s faulty data: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent
Secret Service “Mass Attack” report: https://www.secretservice.gov/forms/USSS_NTAC-Mass_Attacks_in_Public_Spaces-2017.pdf
Gun Violence Archive https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/charts-and-maps
Gun Violence Statistics - National Institutes of Justice https://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-violence/pages/welcome.aspx
American Psychological Association Report on Gun Violence https://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/gun-violence-prevention
2009 NIJ Report on School Shootings https://www.nij.gov/journals/262/pages/critical-incidents-in-schools.aspx
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Report (2018) https://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw2018/info_flyers/fact_sheets/2018NCVRW_MassCasualty_508_QC.pdf
Pub Chatter:
Info about Ben’s NASA budget story https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/6/7/18656865/trump-moon-mars-tweet-artemis-whaaa
Asa’s asteroid chatter: https://www.livescience.com/65703-asteroid-psyche-probe-iron-mission.html
Sujata’s chatter about the first South-Asian American to preside over the House: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/446898-pramila-jayapal-becomes-first-south-asian-american-woman-to-preside-over-house
Laura’s arctic chatter: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/science/arctic-sea-ice-expedition-to-study-climate-change/?utm_term=.f32897d4a9bb&noredirect=on