R squared values for Lott's table 3a

By tlambert on January 9, 2004.

R² values using county-level 1977-2000 (Corresponds to Lott's corrected Table 3a)
	Violent Crime	Murder	Rape	Aggrvtd Assault	Rbbry	Prprty Crimes	Auto Theft	Brglry	Lrcny
R² without any shall-issue variable	0.86	0.81	0.76	0.80	0.91	0.81	0.84	0.81	0.80
R² (Single dummy variable model)	0.86	0.81	0.76	0.80	0.91	0.82	0.85	0.81	0.80
R² (Spline model)	0.86	0.81	0.76	0.81	0.91	0.82	0.85	0.81	0.80
R² (Hybrid model)	0.86	0.81	0.76	0.81	0.91	0.82	0.85	0.81	0.80
Values that have increased when the shall-issue variable is added are in bold.

My thanks to David Powell for computing these values.

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