StatisticⅠ. The defendant is guilty or not
Expert:
1) A DNA sample (1) ______ defendant’s. (1)______
2) The possibility of odds is one in million.
Defense lawyer:
Counter the fact that if in a city of three million people, there are (2) ______ (2) ______
matching each other’ s DNA.
Ⅱ. Unjust discrimination
1) Universities add additional points to minority group students.
They unlawfully make an easier (3) ______ for those students. (3)______
2) Annie was kept from (4) ______. Her lawyer used statistics to show (4) ______
that workers, who were not in (5) ______ group, with the same (5)______
qualifications were promoted.
3) Tobacco companies won the cases because of the (6) ______ (6) ______
Warning: statistics should be (7) ______ along with other evidence. (7)______
Ⅲ. Statistics in calculation:
1) (8) ______ analysis: e.g. Bert could no longer work. Statisticians (8) ______
predict how long he could work and how long he could have made.
2) Multiple regression analysis: Statistician finds the "best fit"
for all the sample data when multiple independent (9) ______ are at work. (9)______
Ⅳ. Statistics on the witness stand:
--experts know how to make statistics (10) ______ (10) ______
--cross examine and challenge the validity of statistics