Statistical science in the courtroom / edited by Joseph L Gastwirth.

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Publication details:
New York : Springer-Verlag, 2000.
Record id:
21505
Series:
Statistics for social science and public policy.
Subject:
Forensic sciences.
Evidence, Expert.
Statistics.
Contents:
1. Interpretation of evidence, and sample size determination / Colin G G Aitken
2. Statistical issues in the application of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in drug, pornography, and fraud cases / Alan J Izenman
3. Interpreting DNA evidence: can probability theory help? / David J Balding
4. Statistics, litigation, and conduct unbecoming / Seymour Geisser
5. The Consequences of defending DNA statistics / Bruce S Weir
6. DNA statistics under trial in the Australian adversarial system / Janet Chaseling
7. A Likelihood approach to DNA evidence / Beverly Mellen
8. The Choice of hypotheses in the evaluation of DNA profile evidence / Anders Stockmarr
9. On the evolution of analytical proof, statistics, and the use of experts in EEO litigation / Marc Rosenblum
10. A Conneticut jury array challenge / David Pollard
11. Issues arising in the use of statistical evidence in discrimination cases / Joseph Gastwirth
12. Statistical consulting in the legal environment / Charles R Mann
13. Epidemiological causation in the legal context: substance and procedures / Sana Loue
14. Judicial review of statistical analyses in environmental rulemakings / Wendy E Wagner
15. Statistical testimony on damages in Minnesota v. Tobacco Industry / Scott L Zeger, Timothy Wyant, Leonard Miller, and Jonathan Samet
16. Statistical issues in the estimation of the casual effects of smoking due to the conduct of the tobacco industry / Donald B Rubin
17. Forensic statistics and multiparty bayesianism / Joseph B Kadane
18. Warranty contracts and equilibrium probabilities / Nozer D Singpurwalla
19. Death and deterrance: notes on a still inchoate judicial inquiry / Robert J Cottrol
20. Two views on the Shonubi case / Alan J Izenman 00 21. The Shonubi case as an example of the legal system's failure to appreciate statistical evidence / Joseph L Gastwirth, Boris Freidlin, and Weiwen Miao
22. Assessing the statistical evidence in the Shonubi case / Alan J Izenman.
Note:
Includes index.
ISBN:
0387989978
Phys. description:
xxii, 443 p.