Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 11:07:39 -0700
From: Jeff Chan <chan>
To: firearms-alert
Subject: RESEARCH: Kellermann skews/ignores evidence

Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 10:56:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Edgar A. Suter" <suter@crl.com>
Subject: Re: RESEARCH: Suter vs Kellerman home invastion study (fwd)


The _pattern_ of Kellermann's [two n's] research consistently skews 
methodology to undercount the protective uses of guns and to exaggerate 
the misuse of guns.  [see my article "Guns in the Medical Literature - A 
Failure of Peer Review]  He has explicitly described the honest measure of 
the protective benefits of guns, but has always used other methods.  Even 
when his own data show benefits of guns, his discussion always avoids 
acknowledgment of such (e.g. when _none_ of the gun defenders in his 
recent "study" were injured, Kellermann claimed the implications of this 
were "unclear," despite considerable evidence [that Kellermann ignores or 
denies] that guns are the safest and most effective means of protection).

Additionally, Kellermann has acknowledged his emotional prejudice at the 
Handgun Epidemic Lowering Program (HELP) convocation October '92, a 
strategy planning session "to make is socially unacceptable to own handguns."

So... his flaws, discussion, and methodology all skew towards his 
political goal.  I believe that makes an irrefutable case that his 
research is "politicized." --- and he wastes our tax money to do it.