Cover Image

Researching genocide using Bayesian statistics.

Dr Patrick Ball explains how he used data collected by four different organizations to determine whether the mass killings sponsored by Guatemalan General Jose Efrain Rios Montt consituted genocide. Ball testified as an expert witness in the trial of Rios Montt, who was convicted of genocide against...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captions in English.
Published: London, United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017.
Subjects:
Genocide > Research.
Bayesian statistical decision theory > Case studies.
Research > Statistical methods > Case studies.
Théorie de la décision bayésienne > Études de cas.
Recherche > Méthodes statistiques > Études de cas.
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
Research > Statistical methods.
Webcast
Online media.
Case studies.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction television programs.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
Description
Summary:Dr Patrick Ball explains how he used data collected by four different organizations to determine whether the mass killings sponsored by Guatemalan General Jose Efrain Rios Montt consituted genocide. Ball testified as an expert witness in the trial of Rios Montt, who was convicted of genocide against the Ixil people.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (23 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, colour
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781473997264
1473997267