Title | Statistical Science in the Courtroom [electronic resource] / edited by Joseph L. Gastwirth |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1216-4 |
Descript | XXII, 443 p. online resource |
1. Interpretation of Evidence, and Sample Size Determination -- 2. Statistical Issues in the Application of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in Drug, Pornography, and Fraud Cases -- 3. Interpreting DNA evidence: Can Probability Theory Help? -- 4.Statistics, Litigation, and Conduct Unbecoming -- 5. The Consequences of Defending DNA Statistics -- 6. DNA Statistics Under Trial in the Australian Adversarial System -- 7. A Likelihood Approach to DNA Evidence -- 8. The Choice of Hypotheses in the Evaluation of DNA Profile Evidence -- 9. On the Evolution of Analytical Proof, Statistics, and the Use of Experts in EEO Litigation -- 10. A Connecticut Jury Array Challenge -- 11. Issues arising in the Use of Statistical Evidence in Discrimination Cases -- 12. Statistical Consulting in the Legal Environment -- 13. Epidemiological Causation in the Legal Context: Substance and Procedures -- 14. Judicial Review of Statistical Analyses in Environmental Rulemakings -- 15. Statistical Testimony on Damages inMinnesota v. Tobacco Industry -- 16. Statistical Issues in the Estimation of the Causal Effects of Smoking Due to the Conduct of the Tobacco Industry -- 17. Forensic Statistics and Multiparty Bayesianism -- 18. Warranty Contracts and Equilibrium Probabilities -- 19 .Death and Deterrence: Notes on a Still Inchoate Judicial Inquiry -- 20. Introduction to Two Views on theShonubiCase -- 21. TheShonubiCase as an Example of the Legal Systemโs Failure to Appreciate Statistical Evidence -- 22. Assessing the Statistical Evidence in theShonubicase