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Math on trial : how numbers get used and abused in the courtroom
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Math on trial : how numbers get used and abused in the courtroom

Leila Schneps

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Math error number 1 : multiplying non-independent probabilities : the Clark case : motherhood under attack
Math error number 2 : unjustified estimates : the case of Janet Collins : hairstyle probability
Math error number 3 : trying to get something from nothing : the case of Joe Sneed : absent from the phone book
Math error number 4 : double experiment : the case of Amanda Knox : media versus justice
Math error number 5 : the birthday problem : the cold case of Diana Sylvester
Math error number 6 : Simpson's paradox : the Berkeley sex bias case
Math error number 7 : "the incredible coincidence" : the case of Lucia de Berk : carer or killer?
Math error number 8 : underestimation : Charles Ponzi : American dream, American scheme
Math error number 9 : choosing a wrong model : the case of Hetty Green : a battle of wills
Math error number 10: mathematical madness : the Dreyfus case : spy or scapegoat?.

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Math on trial : how numbers get used and abused in the courtroom by Leila Schneps. ISBN 9780465032921. Published by Basic Books in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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