Titlebook: Statistical Science in the Courtroom; Joseph L. Gastwirth Book 2000 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000 likelihood.probability.p

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The Consequences of Defending DNA Statistics,DNA evidence can be avoided if a coherent approach based on the use of likelihood ratios is used. These ratios are of the probabilities of evidence given alternative propositions, and should not be confused with probabilities of the propositions given the evidence.

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The Choice of Hypotheses in the Evaluation of DNA Profile Evidence,and linking persons to crime scenes or objects, to the corresponding statistical issues of data evaluation, expressed in the choice of suitable statistical hypotheses. This is not necessarily automatic, and problems that arise are illustrated with three case studies.

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A Likelihood Approach to DNA Evidence,cussed are likelihood ratios and probabilities of weak evidence and strong misleading evidence. For the purpose of introducing some of the molecular tools used to classify DNA types in court, RFLP and PCR-based methods are described.

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Issues Arising in the Use of Statistical Evidence in Discrimination Cases, suggest that the statistician’s testimony may not even be admitted as evidence. Some methodological developments that grew out of the application of statistical techniques to data used in equal employment cases are described.

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Epidemiological Causation in the Legal Context: Substance and Procedures,s. This chapter discusses the use of epidemiological evidence in the context of toxic torts, focusing on epidemiological and legal principles of causation, legal procedures for establishing causation, and legal standards for the use of epidemiological evidence.

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Forensic Statistics and Multiparty Bayesianism,pectively. Section 6 mentions other work on juries that readers may find to be of interest Finally, Section 7 raises a question about how the legal system responds to issues about the fairness of the jury system.

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On the Evolution of Analytical Proof, Statistics, and the Use of Experts in EEO Litigation, the difference in racial and ethnic proportions between the union’s membership and the area civilian labor force (CLF) was regarded as an acceptable analytic approach. The district court accepted my estimates that the differences were statistically significant and ordered the union to admit more black and Hispanic members.

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Death and Deterrence: Notes on a Still Inchoate Judicial Inquiry,The article examines two highly influential statistical studies, one done by sociologist Thorsten Sellin in 1959 and the other by economist Isaac Ehrlich in 1975 and uses both studies to illustrate the kinds of questions the courts can and should ask of quantitative studies in this area.

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978-1-4612-7046-1Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000