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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © The Author [2005]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
- ISSN
- 1470-8396
- eISSN
- 1470-840X
- DOI
- 10.1093/lpr/mgi004
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This Bayesian speaker addresses the question of how to handle the variety of ways of doing statistics in the context of the responsibilities of a statistical expert witness. An expert witness is typically hired and paid by one of the sides in a legal dispute, but the fundamental responsibilities of the expert are to the court. The expert is sworn ‘to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth’, not ‘only those truths that help my client’. Experts may not be paid on a contingency basis (i.e. with compensation dependent on the outcome of the case). This talk addresses how the resulting tensions may be balanced.
Journal
"Law, Probability and Risk" – Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2005