Transcript Cause, Correlation and Coincidence

Cause, Correlation and
Coincidence
Discuss the factors that led to
the decrease in crime in New
York in the 1990s?
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Steven Levitt’s answer…
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Dr Bernard Gesch’s
(physiologist at Oxford
University) answer…
Read text “Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime?” Dominic Casciani
BBC Article
Did lead “lead” to crime?
Which is Cause, Correlation or
Coincidence?
To what extent was innovative
policing the reason for a decrease in
crime in 1990s New York?
Correlation
Causation
Reliability
Sample size
Variables
Qualitative
Quantitative
Bias
Control
Group
External
Environment
Credibility
Connected
evidence