Ebook: Statistics for Lawyers

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.

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Descriptive Statistics....Pages 1-61
Methods of Counting....Pages 62-75
Elements of Probability....Pages 76-110
Some Probability Distributions....Pages 111-155
Statistical Inference for Two Proportions....Pages 156-201
Comparing Multiple Proportions....Pages 202-223
Comparing Means....Pages 224-240
Combining Evidence Across Independent Strata....Pages 241-257
Sampling Issues....Pages 258-283
Survival Analysis....Pages 284-308
Nonparametric Methods....Pages 309-322
Regression Models....Pages 323-467
Back Matter....Pages 566-609

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Descriptive Statistics....Pages 1-61
Methods of Counting....Pages 62-75
Elements of Probability....Pages 76-110
Some Probability Distributions....Pages 111-155
Statistical Inference for Two Proportions....Pages 156-201
Comparing Multiple Proportions....Pages 202-223
Comparing Means....Pages 224-240
Combining Evidence Across Independent Strata....Pages 241-257
Sampling Issues....Pages 258-283
Survival Analysis....Pages 284-308
Nonparametric Methods....Pages 309-322
Regression Models....Pages 323-467
Back Matter....Pages 566-609
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