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Rubel, Robert J. – 1978
The purpose of this paper is to encourage persons concerned with violence and vandalism in schools to take a more critical look at school-crime statistics and reports and their data-gathering methods. It makes two points. First, writings on or about student crime and violence may be misleading because of certain errors in quantifiable data, such…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, School Statistics, School Vandalism