Research Catalog

Title

Basic concepts of probability and statistics in the law / Michael O. Finkelstein.

Author

Finkelstein, Michael O.

Publication

New York : Springer, c2009.

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Description

xi, 172 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book sets out basic statistical tools as they have been applied in actual legal disputes. Examples range over diverse fields of law, such as identification evidence, mass torts, securities law, environmental regulation, and capital punishment, among many others. In some notable cases, such as the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore, the book explores aspects of the statistical evidence that were unrecognized or misconceived by the parties or the court. For the statistics student, the book will give a deeper appreciation of foundation concepts and provide a wealth of real life applications. For the lawyer, or law student, the book will introduce a subject that has become increasingly important both in litigation and in studies of the legal system. The book is self-contained and may be read without background in probability or statistics.

Subject

• Forensic statistics
• Law > Statistical methods

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Probability -- Descriptive tools -- Compound events -- Significance -- Random variables and their distributions -- Confidence -- Power -- Sampling -- Epidemiology -- Combining the evidence -- Regression models -- Regression models : further considerations.

ISBN

• 9780387875002 (pbk.)
• 038787500X (pbk.)
• 0387875018 (eisbn)
• 9780387875019 (eisbn)

LCCN

^^2008940587

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library