Statistics in the Law

Statistics in the Law is primarily a user's manual or desk reference for the expert witness-lawyer team and secondarily a textbook or supplemental textbook for upper level undergraduate statistics students. It starts with two articles by masters of the trade Paul Meier and Franklin Fisher. It then explains the distinction between the Frye and Daughbert standards for expert testimony and how these standards play out in court. The bulk of the book addresses individual cases covering a wide variety of questions including: