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Part of the book series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences (SSBS)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition:
"The dangers of misusing statistics are illustrated by the case of People vs. Collins, in which the product of the probabilities of several characteristics described by eyewitnesses … was presented as convincing evidence against the defendant. This book analyses this and numerous other interesting examples to show the relevance of statistics to forensic science, medicine, commerce and the law. Each of the statistical concepts and procedures is presented with examples that include exercises based on actual data. … The book is quite readable." (Dr. Henry Roberts, Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 35, 2003)
"This is the first book on statistics for lawyers that has come out in a second edition. … The most impressive change in the book can be attributed to the publisher, who has included the book in its relatively new series on Statistics for Science and Public Policy. First published as an inexpensive softcover edition, the book is now a beautiful hardcover volume … . this book continues to be a wonderful resource for the use of statistics in the courts." (Technometrics, Vol. 44 (2), 2002)
"This book is designed to introduce law students, law teachers, practitioners, and judges to the basic ideas of mathematical probability and statistics as they are applied in the law. … The cases and case studies reflect a broad variety of legal subjects, including antidiscrimination, mass torts, taxation, school finance, identification evidence … and the death penalty. … Significant new developments, reflected in this edition, include, for example, DNA evidence, epidemiologic studies in toxic substance litigation, statistical models for adjusting census counts, and vote-dilution cases." (Edward M. Psyadlo, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 983, 2002)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Statistics for Lawyers
Authors: Michael O. Finkelstein, Bruce Levin
Series Title: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b97319
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2861-0Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-21602-7Published: 18 April 2006
Series ISSN: 2199-7357
Series E-ISSN: 2199-7365
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXX, 618
Additional Information: Originally published in the series: Springer Texts Statistics
Topics: Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Commercial Law