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But the decision between probation or a custodial sentence is based partly on the attitude, risk profile and situation of the offender. Surely that's going to s
by zelos 9y ago
But the decision between probation or a custodial sentence is based partly on the attitude, risk profile and situation of the offender. Surely that's going to skew the statistics?
- jackvalentine 9y agoI hope that was controlled for somehow. I’m on mobile and can’t pinpoint the paper itself to read and find out - http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=t5XxEi8AAAAJ&hl=en http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=t5XxEi8AAAAJ&hl=en
- zelos 9y agoMy knowledge of statistics is negligible, but is it possible to measure a system and control for the same factors that the system itself is trying to control for?
- omginternets 9y ago>is it possible to measure a system and control for the same factors that the system itself is trying to control for? It's hard to have a meaningful discussion of these issues in the abstract, but the short answer is: 1) it depends 2) bias correction is not a trivial matter Firstly, you have to have some sort of quantitative estimate of the bias. This is not always possible, and even in cases where it is, said estimate may be noisy or, itself, biased. Bias correction is useful and often legitimate, but its use should always be interpreted as weakening the epistemological rigor of the analysis. In lay terms: bias correction should be consumed with a grain of salt. General entry point into the subject matter: https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/31253/17054 https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/31253/17054
- kgwgk 9y agoApparently not... The abstract mentions only “taking into account sentence lengths and stratifying our analysis by race”. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/09/26/1701544114.short http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/09/26/1701544114.shor...
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- fictionfuture 9y agoAll studies from Berkeley are politically biased.