NCJ Number
152249
Editor(s)
M H DeGroot,
S E Fienberg,
J B Kadane
Date Published
1994
Length
500 pages
Annotation
This volume of essays is a reference for persons engaged as statistical experts in legal proceedings and helps others understand the interface between statistical methods and the law.
Abstract
The 14 essays in this volume discuss the following subjects: ( 1) statistics, employment discrimination, and the 80 percent rule; (2) statistics in antitrust litigation; (3) regression estimates of damages in price-fixing cases; (4) regression analyses in employment discrimination cases; (5) evaluating equipment damage; (6) theft; (7) applying regression to a school finance case; (8) capital market analysis in antitrust litigation; (9) a case study in the use of court-appointed statistical experts; (10) evaluation of the skill involved in playing electronic draw poker; (11) inference in cases of disputed paternity; (12) the probability of reversal in contested elections; (13) scientific data and environmental regulation; and (14) confidence intervals in legal settings. Tables, figures, references, indexes of cases, authors, and subjects