Originally posted by lurker
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Secondly the study is focused on data. Their job (being the data guys) is to take the 10s of millions of records and process them to get them to a point where they can work out what the statistics say. They conduct statistical analysis to work out if the results are significant and then they analyze the results.
The results are easy to understand. They give the figures and they give a short analysis. You don't need a PhD or any kind of experience in criminal justice for that matter to understand that one number is bigger than the other.
They list the possible flaws of the process in the study and they analyze the possible reasons that numbers might be skewed.
From that they make a determination. Data doesn't lie.
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