The dirty war index: statistical issues, feasibility, and interpretation

Quantitative data about people's insecurity can lead to objective knowledge about many of the contexts of violence in the world today. [...]developing quantitative tools for use in this domain is important. [...]if a biased sample of rape victims has a rape DWI of 10%, then this information mig...

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2008-12, Vol.5 (12), p.e248-e248
Main Author: Taback, Nathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Bias
Child
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Epidemiology
Evaluation
Feasibility Studies
Female
Health Status Indicators
Human Rights
Humans
Internationality - legislation & jurisprudence
Mass Casualty Incidents - statistics & numerical data
Medical consequences of war/conflict
Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Public Health
Public Health - statistics & numerical data
Public Health and Epidemiology
Rape - statistics & numerical data
Reproducibility of Results
Selection Bias
Socioeconomic determinants of health
Statistical methods
Studies
Violence
Warfare - ethics
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Summary:Quantitative data about people's insecurity can lead to objective knowledge about many of the contexts of violence in the world today. [...]developing quantitative tools for use in this domain is important. [...]if a biased sample of rape victims has a rape DWI of 10%, then this information might, for example, be useful in planning a prevention program or gathering evidence for a criminal investigation, even if the magnitude of the bias is not readily quantifiable.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050248