Cultural Shifts in Attitudes Toward Violence | The Violence Paradox

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Keywords
WGBH NOVA The Violence Paradox Cultural Shifts in Attitudes Towards Violence society information theory computer science quantitative analysis qualitative analysis values violence criminal courts Old Bailey court proceedings primary source Tim Hitchcock Simon DeDeo historian data scientist data analysis crime interpersonal violence key words Roget's Thesaurus Peter Mark Roget
Subjects
Mathematics Science History-Social Science History STEAM
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Cultural Shifts in Attitudes Toward Violence | The Violence Paradox

Discover how contemporary researchers used computers to analyze a massive historical data set—127 million words collected from 239 years of criminal trials in London—to confirm a shift in public attitudes toward violence in this video from NOVA: The Violence Paradox. Use this resource to learn how quantitative tools can be applied to qualitative data to identify patterns in behavior.
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PBS Learning Media

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