Abstract
This article argues that previous analyses of the Maryland State Police search data may be unreliable, since nonstationarity of these data precludes the use of standard statistical inference techniques. In contrast, proper statistical graphics seem better suited to capture the complexities of the racial bias issue.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | American Statistician |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Graphical analysis
- Nonstationarity
- Policing
- Racial profiling
- Stop and search data
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- General Mathematics
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty