Math on Trial: How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom
Description: Math on Trial: How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom examines ten legal cases where mathematical reasoning was applied incorrectly, highlighting the impact of these errors on trial outcomes and judicial decisions
ISBN: 9780465032921
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rossant
· 2023-12-11
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Mathematicians Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez have written an entire book on this very issue of bad statistics causing miscarriages of justice: https://www.amazon.com/Math-Trial-Numbers-Abused-Courtroom/d...
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