Time Series Methods in Applied Social Research

Mark, Melvin M.; Sanna, Lawrence J.; Shotland, R. Lance

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“…Land and colleagues (Land et al, 1990) concluded that the controls used in geographical-regional studies of homicidal behavior load on two factors. One of these encompasses income and poverty variables (e.g., median family income, families living below the poverty line, the Gini index of income inequality), 4However, along with Mark. Sanna, and Shotland (1992), we have reservations about using the logic oftriangulation to shore up weaknesses from one strand ofresearch by referring to results from another strand that might share a different weakness.…”

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Temperature, City Size, and the Southern Subculture of Violence: Support for Social Escape/Avoidance (SEA) Theory¹

Cohn

Rotton

Peterson

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J Applied Social Pyschol

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A review of timc‐period research on temperature and aggression led the authors to hypothesize that southern subculture and sociodemographic variables are responsible for geographical differences in I1.S. homicide rates. It was also hypothesized that temperature's correlation with nonhomicidal violencc would be stronger in small than large cities. These hypotheses were tested by obtaining cross‐sectional data on I0 temperature indexes, 11 sociodemographic controls, percentage southern horn, and crime rates in more than 300 U.S. cities in 1990. Partial correlation analyses indicated that percentage southern born and sociodernographic variables rather than temperature predicted homicide rates. Moderator variable regression analyses indicated that relationships between temperature and nonhomicidal violence were stronger in small than large cities. The results are interpreted in terms of a social escapeiavoidance model of criminal behavior, which predicts that low as well as high temperatures lead co‐offenders to avoid social contact.

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Section: Social Escapeiavoidance Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Temperature, City Size, and the Southern Subculture of Violence: Support for Social Escape/Avoidance (SEA) Theory¹

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Peterson

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J Applied Social Pyschol

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2003

Handbook of Psychology

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This chapter focuses on the evaluation of policies and programs. Given the importance of causal questions, the chapter's major focus is on methods for estimating the effects of policies and programs in the context of evaluation. Topics addressed include the concept of causality, experimental and quasi‐experimental designs and analysis, including techniques for dealing with attrition and with selection bias, tests of mediation, and methods of “principled discovery”, that is, the integration of exploratory methods with subsequent tests of discoveries. Given that evaluations sometimes emphasize issues other than causal questions, this chapter attends in part to other kinds of methods that may be used for evaluation. In particular, the methods, potential, and limits of performance measurement are discussed. In addition, because evaluators may need special skills to identify the right evaluation questions, attention is given to the analysis of stakeholder needs and to a potentially useful policy analytic perspective. Finally, possible future developments in the field of evaluation are discussed, including areas of potential methodological development and challenges to be faced.

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Time Series Methods in Applied Social Research

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Temperature, City Size, and the Southern Subculture of Violence: Support for Social Escape/Avoidance (SEA) Theory¹

Temperature, City Size, and the Southern Subculture of Violence: Support for Social Escape/Avoidance (SEA) Theory¹

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