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Statistics: Background

Terminology

Consult these titles when you need to figure out the meaning of specialized statistical terms and concepts.

The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics by B. S. Everitt; A. Skrondal
Call Number: Cowles Library QA276.14 .E84 2010
A Dictionary of Statistics by Graham Upton; Ian Cook
Call Number: eBook
Online Access
Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences
Call Number: Cowles Library Reference HA17 .V64 2011

OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms

Oxford Dictionary of Statistical Terms
Call Number: Cowles Library Reference HA17 .K4 2003

Statistics for Lawyers

Basic Concepts of Probability and Statistics in the Law by Michael O. Finkelstein
Call Number: Law Library Stacks QA276 .F56 2009
Statistics for Lawyers by Michael O. Finkelstein; Bruce Levin
Call Number: E-book (older editions in Law Library Stacks QA276.12 .F56)
Statistics in the Law by Joseph B. Kadane
Call Number: Law Library Stacks QA276 .S783443 2008

The Statistics of Discrimination: Using Statistical Evidence in Empirical Discrimination Cases
Older edition also available in Law Library Stacks KF8925 .D5 P342.

The Use of Statistics in Forensic Science by C. G. G. Aitken & David A. Stoney
Call Number: E-book

Empirical Legal Research: Books

An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research by Lee Epstein; Andrew D. Martin
Call Number: Law Library Stacks K85 .E67 2014
The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research by Peter Cane; Herbert Kritzer
Call Number: Law Library Stacks K235 .O938 2012

Empirical Legal Research: Blogs & Organizations

Center for Empirical Research in the Law at Washington University in St. Louis
The center supports research relating to law and legal institutions and builds tools to gather and analyze data.
Empirical Legal Studies Blog
"Serves as an online forum to discuss and provide links for emerging empirical legal scholarship, provide conference updates, discuss empirical claims that have emerged in public and political discourse, facilitate discussion for guest empirical scholars and assess current empirical findings and methodologies."
Society of Empirical Legal Studies (SELS)
SELS is an international organization of scholars interested in empirical legal studies. They sponsor the annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS).

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