Finkelstein / Levin Statistics for Lawyers

1990
ISBN: 978-1-4612-3328-2
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 608 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: 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.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finkelstein, Michael O.

Levin, Bruce

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Descriptive Statistics.- 2 Methods of Counting.- 3 Elements of Probability.- 4 Some Probability Distributions.- 5 Statistical Inference for Two Proportions.- 6 Comparing Multiple Proportions.- 7 Comparing Means.- 8 Combining Evidence Across Independent Strata.- 9 Sampling Issues.- 10 Survival Analysis.- 11 Nonparametric Methods.- 12 Regression Models.- Appendix I: Calculations and Comments on the Cases.- Appendix II: Tables.- Glossary of Symbols.- Author Index.- List of Cases.