Statistics and the Law

ISBN-13: 9780471055389 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 484 str.

Morris H. DeGroot; Joseph B. Kadane; Stephen E. Fienberg

Opis

This reference has been designed for statisticians engaged as expert witnesses in legal proceedings. Examining the relationship between statistical methods and the law, it describes a number of cases during which the analysis of statistics was an important factor in determining the outcome.

Spis treści

What Happened in Hazelwood: Statistics, Employment Discrimination, and the 80% Rule (P. Meier, et al.).

Statistics in Antitrust Litigation (B. King).

Regression Estimates of Damages in Price–Fixing Cases (M. Finkelstein & H. Levenbach).

Regression Analyses in Employment Discrimination Cases (D. Conway & H. Roberts).

Reynolds v.

C.S.N.: Evaluating Equipment Damage (G. Whitmore).

A Question of Theft (W. Fairley & J. Glen).

How Much Is Enough?

Applying Regression to a School Finance Case (J. Pincus & J. Rolph).

Capital Market Analysis in Antitrust Litigation (M. Geisel & J. Masson).

The Use of Court–Appointed Statistical Experts: A Case Study (R. Coulam & S. Fienberg).

Does Electronic Draw Poker Require Skill to Play?

(J. Kadane).

Inference in Cases of Disputed Paternity (D. Berry & S. Geisser).

The Probability of Reversal in Contested Elections (D. Gilliland & P. Meier).

Scientific Data and Environmental Regulation (G. Apple, et al.).

Confidence Intervals in Legal Settings (H. Solomon).

Indexes.