JSM Activity #297

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Activity ID:  297
Title
* Experiences of Statistical Expert Witnesses in the Legal System
Date / Time / Room Sponsor Type
08/14/2002
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Room: S-Royal Ballroom A 		Council of Chapters, Section on Statistical Consulting*, Section on Statistical Education* Invited
Organizer: Stephen Eckert, Pfizer, Inc.
Chair: Stephen W. Gulyas, Pfizer, Inc.
Discussant:  
Floor Discussion 12:15 PM
Description

Statisticians who have testified as expert witnesses, either as a private consultant or for their employer, will describe their experiences. Collectively, the speakers have testified in over one-hundred cases covering a broad range of topics such as employment discrimination, paternity, rape, murder, robbery, commercial disputes, census adjustment, sampling, scientific misconduct, and pharmacutical study results.
  300330  By:  Seymour  Geisser 10:35 AM 08/14/2002
Testifying In Criminal Cases Involving DNA Evidence

  300331  By:  David  Freedman 11:00 AM 08/14/2002
Statistics and the Law

  300329  By:  Michael  Finkelstein 11:25 AM 08/14/2002
A Statistical Perspective on the Judicial Decisions in the Florida 2000 Presidential Election

  300332  By:  Stephen   Eckert 11:50 AM 08/14/2002
How Testifying in a Legal Case Changed My Work Habits as A Biostatistician

JSM 2002

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Revised March 2002