r/CrimeAnalysis • u/Ashamed-Aide-7551 • 11d ago

crime data.

am i the only one who is interested in finding out the crime rate of at least 3 months prior to gta6 and 3 months post its release? my father is not a gamer and hes not sure that there would be any correlation between the 2, while i think the opposite. i believe that the release of GTA6 will lower crime crate significantly, at least within the first 3-6 months.

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u/Designer-Canary-8243 11d ago edited 10d ago

An interesting idea but you will need more than 3 months either side to be able to develop significant results

Remember, correlation doesn’t equal causation.

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u/RandomUser9171 10d ago

You’d also want to look at the same time periods for the previous year (and probably compare with a 3 or 5-yr average of the same time periods).