Statistics and the Law (Paperback)

Morris H. DeGroot

ISBN 10: 0471055387 / ISBN 13: 9780471055389

Edité par John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 1994

A propos de cet article

Paperback. Describes a wide variety of applications of statistical concepts in legal settings, as well as cases in which statistical analyses were important elements. Several chapters are devoted to employment discrimination and antitrust violation, two areas of litigation that rely heavily on statistics. Contributors discuss the correct choice and use of statistical techniques in the assessment of damages, the measurement and quantification of skill (in a case deciding whether video poker games require skill), the determination of disputed paternity and elections, and other areas where statistics are used in legal cases. Many of the chapters are written by the statisticians who actually participated in the cases under discussion. This reference has been designed for statisticians engaged as expert witnesses in legal proceedings. Examining the relationship between statistical methods and the law, it describes a number of cases during which the analysis of statistics was an important factor in determining the outcome. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Statistics and the Law (Paperback)
• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0471055387
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780471055389
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

Describes a wide variety of applications of statistical concepts in legal settings, as well as cases in which statistical analyses were important elements. Several chapters are devoted to employment discrimination and antitrust violation, two areas of litigation that rely heavily on statistics. Contributors discuss the correct choice and use of statistical techniques in the assessment of damages, the measurement and quantification of skill (in a case deciding whether video poker games require skill), the determination of disputed paternity and elections, and other areas where statistics are used in legal cases. Many of the chapters are written by the statisticians who actually participated in the cases under discussion.

À propos de l?auteur

Morris Herman DeGroot was an American statistician. Stephen E. Fienberg is the editor of Statistics and the Law, published by Wiley.