Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice by the Miami-Dade Police Department Crime Laboratory - Award ner. 2009-DN-BX-K230 (NIJ). Ficheiro de 844 KB em formato pdf (50 p.). Disponível também em: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/237960.pdf. Acedido a 21 de maio de 2012.

Executive summary. Introduction. Purpose goals and objectives. Review of relevant literature. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS. Research questions. Research hypotheses. Target population. Eligibility – Inclusion criteria. Accessible population. Sampling plan & setting. Instrumentation. Data collection methods. Durability testing. Data coding. Phase 1 Testing. Phase 2 Testing (Durability). Descriptive analysis. Data analysis methods. Error rate definition. Durability Phase 2 Testing study definition. Internal validity strengths. Internal validity weaknesses. External validity strengths. External validity weaknesses. RESULTS. Instrument parameters. Main analyses. Additional analyses. Inconclusive results. Summary of results. CONCLUSIONS. Limitations. Recommendations for future research. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS. REFERENCES. Appendix A: Survey instrument. Appendix B: Survey instrument (Phase 2). Appendix C: Sturm Ruger Certification Letter. Appendix D: Manufacturing information.