This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Activity Details

488 * ! Wed, 8/4/2010, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-302/303 (West)
Experiences of Statistical Consulting in Lawsuits — Invited Papers
Committee on Law and Justice Statistics , Section on Statistical Consulting , Social Statistics Section
Organizer(s): William B. Fairley, Analysis & Inference, Inc.
Chair(s): Alan Julian Izenman, Temple University
10:35 AM Drug Deals and Jury Wheels: Explaining Systematic Sampling in Court George Cobb, Mt. Holyoke College
10:55 AM Law and Statistics of Combining Categories: Walmart and Employment Discrimination Cases Albert J. Lee, Summit Consulting, LLC ; Alan J. Salzberg, Analysis & Inference, Inc.
11:15 AM Formal Statistical Analysis Provides Sounder Inferences Than the U.S. Government's 'Four-Fifths Rule': Examining the Data from Ricci v. DeStefano Weiwen Miao, Haverford College ; Joseph L. Gastwirth, Washington University
11:35 AM Discussant: Raymond W. Falk, *In memory of Will Yancey
11:55 AM Floor Discussion



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