STATISTICS FOR LAW -- FALL 2004

Here is a very tentative syllabus for the semester.
Our main text is Satistics for Lawyers (Second Edition),  Michael O. Finkelstein and Bruce Levin, Springer 2001.  However, for the exclusive use of students in the course an abbreviated  Introduction to Basic Concepts of Probability and Statistics in the Law is in preparation, of which Chapter 1
is now available.  It will be helpful to have read this by our first class.
An excellent and very readable supplement is Statistics (Third Edition), David Freedman, Robert Pisani, and Roger Purves.  This text contains many examples from the social sciences and and thoughtfully examines many of the dangers and errors in the use of statistics.  It is well worth having.

Homework

Problem sets will be distributed and also posted here. Even though they will not be graded, they must be handed in (and will be discussed).
(If you registered late or for some reason did not receive a hard copy, please download it.)
Problem set #1   is due September 9
Problem set #2   is due September 16
Problem set #3   is due September 23
Problem set #5   is due  October 14
Problem set #4   is due  October 7
Problem set #7    is due  October 28
Problem set #9    is due November 11