Comparing two probabilities: an essay in honour of Herman Chernoff. (28th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kadane, Joseph B
• Is Part Of: Law, probability & risk. Volume 20:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 37
• Page End: 43
• Publication Date: 2022-01-28
• Subjects: tests of significance -- tests of hypotheses -- skip rate -- frequentist analysis -- Bayesian analysis -- lawsuit -- Abe Nikken -- Soka Gakkai; Proximate cause (Law) -- Periodicals; Risk -- Periodicals; Law -- Mathematical models -- Periodicals; Law -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Probabilities -- Periodicals; Risk assessment -- Periodicals; Law -- Mathematical models; Law -- Methodology; Probabilities; Proximate cause (Law); Risk; Risk assessment; Periodicals; 340.1
• DOI: 10.1093/lpr/mgab006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-8396

Abstract

Abstract: This is a story of a lawsuit in Japan, about an alleged incident in America thirty years before. The focus of the analysis is comparing the rates of skips in ballpoint pen writing in a diary. Chernoff proposed several methods to address the comparison between the skips observed in different passages in the diary. I also give my own alternative analysis of the data.