Prove It with Figures: Empirical Methods in Law and Litigation (Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences)

Zeisel, Hans; Kaye, David

ISBN 10: 1461273005 / ISBN 13: 9781461273004

Verlag: Springer, 2012

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9781461273004_new

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• Titel: Prove It with Figures: Empirical Methods in Law and Litigation (Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences)
• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1461273005
• ISBN-13: 9781461273004
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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This book presents statistical and social science research methods for lawyers and students of the law. Hans Zeisel's studies represent the blending of the best of European and American sociology, psychology, and other social sciences with jurisprudence. David Kaye picks up Zeisel's torch of statistically-based factfindindg, illuminating the latest developments in the field of legal statistics.

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Prove It With Figures displays some of the tools of the social and statistical sciences that have been applied 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 conveniently be made available, and how these efforts sometimes go awry. In the tradition of Zeisel's standard work "Say It with Figures," the authors clarify, in non-technical language, some of the basic problems common to all efforts to discern cause-and-effect relationships. Designed as a textbook for law students who seek an appreciation of the power and limits of empirical methods, this is also a useful reference for lawyers, policymakers, and members of the public who would like to improve their critical understanding of the statistics presented to them. The many case histories include analyses of the death penalty, jury selection, employment discrimination, mass torts, and DNA profiling.