After having considered the effect of bad statistics on decision-making in economics, we might want to contemplate the effect of bad statistics on decision-making in criminal cases.
The BBC has an instructive article on two cases--the well-known Amanda Knox one, and an earlier one involving suspicious deaths of babies in a Dutch hospital. In both cases, poor use of statistics led to questionable decisions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22310186 Aren't you glad this could never happen in psychology? Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=25274 or send a blank email to leave-25274-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
