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=Consider the following:= When watching the news, Lyle and his dad hear a story about a school shooting. Lyle shakes his head and says that something has gone wrong with the world for young people to be taking to violence more and more. His dad says that it only looks like it's increasing--there's always been a few "crazy people," only now the news media makes them famous. Lyle would like to do some research, but he isn't sure where to start. An internet search reveals a survey correlating urban population with youth violence, a case study on the effects of bullying, almanac data on adolescent homicide over forty years, and a longitudinal study of teens diagnosed as psychotic. =Answer the following questions:= Lyle's father has made two claims:
 * School violence is the work of the mentally ill
 * It isn't actually on the rise.
 * 1) How might Lyle use some or all of this data to confirm or refute his father's claims?
 * 2) Is any of this data superior to the rest?

Bonus
(10 Points) Find your own data and write an academic paragraph confirming or refuting these two claims. Make sure to meet the basic requirements for an academic essay. Submit your paragraph in the discussion below.

=References:= For more about Research Methods see Chapter 1 (both HGD and Gen Psych) For more about Mental Illness see Gen Psych Chapter 12 For more about Anti-Social Behavior in Adolescence see HGD Chapter 12 See also Barrett's Laws Start a discussion by clicking at the top of the page. Click on a subject below to see what people are saying and join a discussion. include component="comments" page="Kids These Days*" limit="10"