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Prove It with Figures : Empirical Methods in Law and Litigation /

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"Prove It With Figures" displays some of the tools of the social and statistical sciences that have been applied to the proof of facts in the courtroom and to the study of questions of legal importance. It explains how researchers can extract the most valuable and reliable data that can co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zeisel, Hans
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kaye, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1997.
Series:Statistics for social science and public policy.
Subjects:
Statistics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The search for causes: An overview
  • The controlled randomized experiment
  • Inferring causes from observational studies
  • Epidemiological studies
  • Summing up: Replication and triangulation
  • Coincidence and significance
  • Sampling
  • Content analysis
  • Surveys and change of venue
  • Trademark surveys: Genericness
  • Trademark surveys: Confusion
  • The jury: Composition and Selection
  • DNA profiling: Probabilities and proof.