Bayes’s Theorem and Weighing Evidence by Juries
Bayes’s Theorem and Weighing Evidence by Juries
This chapter discusses Bayes's theorem and the weighing of evidence by the juries. It first examines statistics and the law, before moving on to testing between two hypotheses in court. Identification evidence and databases and search are examined as well. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of some problems of legal reasoning that have been greatly clarified by examining them from a Bayesian perspective.
Keywords: Bayes' theorem, weighing of evidence, statistics, identification evidence, databases, legal reasoning, Bayesian perspective
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