Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics - Couverture rigide

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Python, Andre

 
9780367472283: Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics
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ISBN 10 : 0367472287 ISBN 13 : 9780367472283
Editeur : Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2020

Synopsis

What is terrorism? What can we learn and what cannot we learn from terrorism data? What are the perspectives and limitations of the analysis of terrorism data? Over the last decade, scholars have generated unprecedented insight from the statistical analysis of ever-growing databases on terrorism. Yet their findings have not reached the public. This book translates the current state of knowledge on global patterns of terrorism free of unnecessary jargon. Readers will be gradually introduced to statistical reasoning and tools applied to critically analyze terrorism data within a rigorous framework.

Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics

communicates evidence-based research work on terrorism to a general audience. It describes key statistics that provide an overview of the extent and magnitude of terrorist events perpetrated by actors independent of state governments across the world. The books brings a coherent and rigorous methodological framework to address issues stemming from the statistical analysis of terrorism data and its interpretations.

Features

  • Uses statistical reasoning to identify and address seven major misconceptions about terrorism.

  • Discusses the implications of major issues about terrorism data on the interpretation of its statistical analysis.

  • Gradually introduces the complexity of statistical methods to familiarize the non-statistician reader with important statistical concepts to analyze data.

  • Use illustrated examples to help the reader develop a critical approach applied to the quantitative analysis of terrorism data.

    • Includes chapters focusing on major aspects of terrorism: definitional issues, lethality, geography, temporal and spatial patterns, and the predictive ability of models.

    • Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

    À propos de l?auteur

    Andre Python is ZJU100 young professor of Statistics at Zhejiang University. His current research interests are in extending statistical models to address policy-relevant issues raised by the spread of phenomena threatening global security and health. In 2017, Andre completed a PhD in Statistics at the University of St Andrews, applying a Bayesian spatiotemporal model to capture fine-scale patterns of non-state terrorism across the world. As postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, he has developed geostatistical models and actively contributed to the design and teaching of Bayesian statistics and R software courses for PhD students and University staff.

    Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

    Éditeur
    Chapman & Hall/CRC
    Date d'édition
    2020
    Langue
    anglais
    ISBN 10 
    0367472287
    ISBN 13 
    9780367472283
    Reliure
    Relié
    Nombre de pages
    132
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