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Download full textBrowne, Jeffrey C.; Van Dunk, Emily; Perloff, William H. – 2003
Noting that in Wisconsin, 146 children have died as a result of gunfire in the preceding 5 years [1996-2000], this report provides a detailed look at the issue of handgun safety from the perspective of citizens living in Wisconsin. Participating in the state-wide telephone interviews were 600 adult residents representative of the adult state…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Children, Gun Control, Guns
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Washington, DC. – 2000
An April 2000 telephone survey queried a nationwide sample of 1,000 adults, including 283 parents of children ages 5 to 17 years, concerning school violence and other issues in the news. The vast majority of those surveyed said they believe it is the responsibility of parents to ensure that school shootings, such as occurred at Columbine High…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Elementary Secondary Education, Gun Control, Legislation
Peer reviewedMark, Melvin M.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1985
The role of content validity in policy-relevant research is illustrated in a study contrasting results of surveys concerning public opinion toward gun control. Inadequate content validity threatened inferences about the overall level of support for gun control, but not about opinion difference between sexes or respondents of varying political…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Gun Control, Higher Education, Inferences
