Timeline for Examples of theorems misapplied to non-mathematical contexts
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| Jun 2, 2011 at 1:11 | comment | added | Eric Naslund | It is worth looking at the multiple testing example under the Prosecutor's Fallacy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… This explains another way that data in the court room can be misinterpreted. | |
| Jun 1, 2011 at 23:49 | comment | added | Kevin H. Lin | Eric, maybe you mean 1-(1-1/10000)^20000 ? | |
| May 31, 2011 at 19:42 | comment | added | Beren Sanders | From the Supreme Court's decision: "Mathematics, a veritable sorcerer in our computerized society, while assisting the trier of fact in the search for truth, must not cast a spell over him." | |
| Apr 13, 2011 at 23:03 | comment | added | Vectornaut | Very interesting! I'd heard of the case before, but I never knew the verdict was overturned. Arguably, the best-known (and most awful) example of this kind of thing is the Sally Clark case: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Clark. The Royal Statistical Society wrote a very good public statement about it. The statement is posted on the RSS web site, but unfortunately the link seems to be broken. | |
| Apr 13, 2011 at 18:57 | comment | added | Mariano Suárez-Álvarez | And one of the judges dissented?! | |
| Apr 13, 2011 at 18:31 | history | edited | Kevin O'Bryant | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 13, 2011 at 1:13 | history | answered | Kevin O'Bryant | CC BY-SA 3.0 |