Texas Bryan is right, the stats are slippery in regards to resale, multiple purchases by one individual etc. As an example, I've sold off seven guns from my grandfather's estate and bought three over the last two months or so. How is that reported and logged? I am a political scientist (smothering laughter over the science part), so if you PM me a copy of your abstract, I can help you look toward data that you can use. I'm not a quantoid, so you're on your own for statistical models, but I will help you operationalize your data to the best of my ability. Remember in writing any paper it has to have four parts and answer two questions. The questions are:
1 Why should I believe you? What is your evidence?
2 Saying that I believe you, so what? What does this prove? What is the significance? Or, why did I just waste an hour of my life reading this?
The Four parts are:
Thesis
Evidence
Warrant
Conclusion
This can be summed up as as follows. I believe X. (thesis). I believe it for the following reasons (evidence). The evidence supports my conclusion and disproves other theories beause .......(warrant). In summary I have proved X (conclusion).
FQ13
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