An edition of Statistics for Lawyers (1990)

Statistics for Lawyers (Springer Texts in Statistics)

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An edition of Statistics for Lawyers (1990)

Statistics for Lawyers (Springer Texts in Statistics)

Statistics for Lawyers presents the science of statistics in action at the cutting edge of legal problems. A series of more than 90 case studies, drawn principally from actual litigation, have been selected to illustrate important areas of the law in which statistics has played a role and to demonstrate a variety of statistical tools. Some case studies raise legal issues that are being intensely debated and lie at the edge of the law. Of particular note are problems involving toxic torts, employment discrimination, stock market manipulation, paternity, tax legislation, and drug testing. The case studies are presented in the form of legal/statistical puzzles to challenge the reader and focus discussion on the legal implications of statistical findings. The techniques range from simple averaging for the estimation of thefts from parking meters to complex logistic regression models for the demonstration of discrimination in the death penalty. Excerpts of data allow the reader to compute statistical results and an appendix contains the authors' calculations.

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Springer
Language
English
Pages
608

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Statistics for Lawyers (Springer Texts in Statistics)
April 23, 1990, Springer
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"Statistics is the science and art of describing data and drawing inferences from them."

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Library of Congress
QA276-280

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OL7449320M
ISBN 10
0387971408
ISBN 13
9780387971407
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323057

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