Even after being caught, CDC still hasn’t corrected accidental gun death data in database, causes errors by others – Crime Prevention Research CenterCrime Prevention Research Center

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

In January 2016, Dr. John Lott contacted the CDC to alert them to a mistake in their numbers for 2014 on accidental gun deaths.  The total was clearly a 100 larger than it actually was (the error arose because of mistakes in Tennessee’s data, and the mistake was so large it noticeably impacted the national number …

Source: Even after being caught, CDC still hasn’t corrected accidental gun death data in database, causes errors by others – Crime Prevention Research CenterCrime Prevention Research Center

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2 Responses to Even after being caught, CDC still hasn’t corrected accidental gun death data in database, causes errors by others – Crime Prevention Research CenterCrime Prevention Research Center

  1. Brittius says:
    March 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm

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