Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics
eBook - ePub

Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

What is terrorism? What can we learn and what cannot we learn from terrorism data? What are the perspectives and limitations of the analysis of terrorism data? Over the last decade, scholars have generated unprecedented insight from the statistical analysis of ever-growing databases on terrorism. Yet their findings have not reached the public. This book translates the current state of knowledge on global patterns of terrorism free of unnecessary jargon. Readers will be gradually introduced to statistical reasoning and tools applied to critically analyze terrorism data within a rigorous framework.

Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics communicates evidence-based research work on terrorism to a general audience. It describes key statistics that provide an overview of the extent and magnitude of terrorist events perpetrated by actors independent of state governments across the world. The books brings a coherent and rigorous methodological framework to address issues stemming from the statistical analysis of terrorism data and its interpretations.

Features



  • Uses statistical reasoning to identify and address seven major misconceptions about terrorism.



  • Discusses the implications of major issues about terrorism data on the interpretation of its statistical analysis.



  • Gradually introduces the complexity of statistical methods to familiarize the non-statistician reader with important statistical concepts to analyze data.



  • Use illustrated examples to help the reader develop a critical approach applied to the quantitative analysis of terrorism data.



  • Includes chapters focusing on major aspects of terrorism: definitional issues, lethality, geography, temporal and spatial patterns, and the predictive ability of models.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access Debunking Seven Terrorism Myths Using Statistics by Andre Python in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Mathématiques & Probabilités et statistiques. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Chapman and Hall/CRC
Year
2020
ISBN
9781000093728
Edition
1
Topic
Mathématiques
Subtopic
Probabilités et statistiques

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Author
  11. Acknowledgment
  12. Chapter 1: Introduction: The Role of Statistics in Debunking Terrorism Myths
  13. Chapter 2: Myth No 1: We Know Terrorism When We See It
  14. Chapter 3: Myth No 2: Terrorism Only Aims At Killing Civilians
  15. Chapter 4: Myth No 3: The Vulnerability of the West to Terrorism
  16. Chapter 5: Myth No 4: An Homogeneous Increase of Terrorism Over Time
  17. Chapter 6: Myth No 5: Terrorism Occurs Randomly
  18. Chapter 7: Myth No 6: Hotspots of Terrorism are Static
  19. Chapter 8: Myth No 7: Terrorism Cannot be Predicted
  20. Chapter 9: Terrorism: Knowns, Unknowns, and Uncertainty
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index