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Activity Number:
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451
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Committee on Outreach Education
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| Abstract - #307824 |
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Title:
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Statistics in a Legal Context
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Author(s):
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Mary W. Gray*+
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Companies:
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American University
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Address:
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4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington , DC, 20016-8050,
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Keywords:
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application to legal cases ; expert witness ; outreach to lawyers
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Abstract:
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Those in the legal profession frequently have difficulty understanding some of the most basic statistical concepts. The ASA outreach course is not intended to turn lawyers into statisticians but rather to give them the ability to deal with the fundamentals of data analysis in order to work effectively with expert witnesses. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, nonparametric tests, and regression are introduced and applications to legal cases are discussed. Cautions for both lawyers and statisticians as well as experiences in dealing with lawyers and judges are highlighted.
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