The Role of Prior Information in Inference on the Annualized Rates of Mass Shootings in the United States

While public debate over gun control in the United States has often hinged on individual public mass shooting incidents, legislative action should be informed by knowledge of the long-term evolution of these events. We present a new Bayesian model for the annualized rate of public mass shootings in...

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Main Authors: Nathan E. Sanders, Victor Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Statistics and Public Policy
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2330443X.2018.1448733