The importance of good data systems
In an essay in a statistical journal, David Hemenway highlights the important of data systems (i.e., data collected consistently and comparably across sites and over time), provides examples of the need to recognize the current limitations of each system (e.g., NVDRS) along with the importance to keep improving them, and bemoans the lack of both data and funding for the analysis of firearm issues. The article “Firearms data, and an ode to data systems” appeared in February 2018 volume of Chance (American Statistical Association).
