tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post1825215725229574372..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-73145501923806080362009-07-10T15:30:56.149-07:002009-07-10T15:30:56.149-07:00Good question. The survey didn't ask about soc...Good question. The survey didn't ask about social class, so the best I could do was control for several factors known to be associated with class: grades, skipping school, suspensions, repeated grades, trouble with teachers, trouble with other students, trouble finishing homework, trouble concentrating in class, frequent residential moves, and feeling safe at school. The racial effects are, not surprisingly, larger before entering all these controls. Genes associated with race could, of course, influence many of these factors. In my next post, I'll look at racial effects without controls.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-73766167449270647642009-07-10T14:48:17.857-07:002009-07-10T14:48:17.857-07:00Not really quibbling with your conclusions, as it ...Not really quibbling with your conclusions, as it seems reasonable, but does this take into account income differences? I've never actually heard anyone deny that NAMs commit more crime, but the (not entirely unreasonable) assumption is that is due to them being poorer (and poorer folks do commit more crime).<br /><br />Now, chickens and eggs being a little scrambled here, it does however seem obvious that in our current system, NAM poverty isn't due to The Man pushing them down.Commodorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-36374500160861359462009-07-10T07:50:54.684-07:002009-07-10T07:50:54.684-07:00BGC: My approach was, based on previous research, ...BGC: My approach was, based on previous research, we can hypothesize that NAMs have higher rate of violence than whites, and Asians lower. <br /><br />You're approach is perfectly valid as well. The only change if we do two-tail tests is that the lower rate of robbery among Asians becomes non-significant.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-2196494020402363782009-07-10T04:16:45.693-07:002009-07-10T04:16:45.693-07:00Interesting. But why one-tailed statistical tests?...Interesting. But why one-tailed statistical tests? I would have thought that, in principle, differences could be in either direction.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.com