Statistics for Lawyers

• Main Authors: Finkelstein, Michael O. (Author), Levin, Bruce (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2015.
• Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Law.; Law > Philosophy.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Fundamentals of Law.; Law, general.

This classic text, first published in 1990, is designed to introduce law students, law teachers, practitioners, and judges to the basic ideas of mathematical probability and statistics as they have been applied in the law. The third edition includes over twenty new sections, including the addition o...

Table of Contents:

• Descriptive Statistics
• Introduction to descriptive statistics
• How to Count
• Elements of Probability
• Some Probability Distributions
• Statistical Inference for Two Proportions
• Comparing Multiple Proportions
• Comparing Means
• Combining Evidence Across Independent Strata
• Sampling Issues
• Epidemiology
• Survival Analysis
• Nonparametric Methods
• Regression Models
• More Complex Regression Models
• Appendix I: Calculations and Comments on the Cases
• Appendix II: Tables
• Glossary of Symbols
• List of Cases
• Bibliography
• Subject Index. .