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Will Quants Rule the (Legal) World?
(Michigan Law Review, 2009)
Professor Ian Ayres, in his new book, Super Crunchers, details the brave new world of statistical prediction and how it has already begun to affect our lives.
For years, academic researchers have known about the considerable ...
A Practical Solution to the Reference Class Problem
(Columbia Law Review, 2009)
The "reference class problem" is a serious challenge to the use of statistical evidence that arguably arises every day in wide variety of cases, including toxic torts, property valuation, and even drug smuggling. At its ...
Law, Statistics, and the Reference Class Problem
(Columbia Law Review, 2009)
Statistical data are powerful, if not crucial, pieces of evidence in the courtroom. Whether one is trying to demonstrate the rarity of a DNA profile, estimate the value of damaged property, or determine the likelihood that ...