INQ-240 | Does Gun Control Save Lives?

Full Title: Does Gun Control Save Lives?

Topic Description:

Does gun control save lives? Such a politically charged question can be approached from many directions. In this course students will learn the methodologies of modern statistics and use them to address the issue of measuring the effectiveness of gun control. Special attention will be given to the importance of being able to set aside politics, emotions, and pre-conceived notions in order to analyze a difficult question from a statistical point of view.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: April 2009