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Statistics in court: Incorrect probabilities

Although both the law and statistical theory have foundations that rest on formal rules and…

Jim Norton and George DivineApril 9, 2019

Jury box

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Statistics in court: An interview with a juror

Statisticians have a crucial role to play in ensuring fairness and justice in the legal…

Kelly H. ZouApril 9, 2019

Michael Jacobsen

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Why my father had to defend decades’ worth of data in court

Back in the 1990s, British miners were fighting for compensation for diseases linked to coal…

Jonny JacobsenOctober 8, 2018

Andreas Georgiou

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Greece’s former national statistician is heading back to court

Andreas Georgiou, Greece’s former national statistician, once again faces trial on charges of inflating the…

Brian TarranMay 16, 2018