Law
We support attorneys with statistical analysis and quantitative research in litigation. We estimate key amounts at issue, review and critique reports, compose expert reports, and provide expert testimony in court settings. Using statistical sampling and modeling techniques, we have the capability to sort through, and make sense of, massive quantities of data. Quantitative methods involving missing data and adjustment for bias also allow us to make valid estimates in matters where information is very limited information and in situations where data is missing.
Attorneys request our services in matters relating to:
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Finance
- Audits
- Fraud and Theft
- Labor and Employment
- Public policy
- Government Regulation
- Education
Case Histories
- Cadillac dealer franchise location and geography of sales
- Cheating on a police examination for promotion
- Class action against major auto insurer over claim handling
- Construction condition survey of spalled jumbo bricks
- Determining dollar amount of parking fraud at Philadelphia International Airport
- Insurance claims sampling to determine damages
- Pro bono assistance in case of government agency's finding of child abuse
- Sampling determines overtime damages economically and with agreement
- Statistical portrait of Yonkers New York Public Schools in a desegregation suit
- Statistically significant differences and discrimination in hospital closures
- Superman defended by statistician
Case: Insurance claims sampling to determine damages
A major manufacturer made insurance claims under its product liability policies covering many millions of dollars in health claims arising from the use of its products. In dispute with the insurer, the sample of claims drawn from tens of thousands of claims by an accountant hired by the manufacturer was attacked by several nationally recognized statisticians. They saw a deficient sample draw and errors in the estimates made from it.
We reviewed the sample drawn by the accountant, and the criticisms leveled at it by the statisticians.
Apparently the statisticians did not have the full picture, but in any event Analysis & Inference established that their criticisms were more smoke than fire. What offended professional sensibilities did not make much difference in the final estimates. The sample was admitted.
Case: A Statistical Portrait of Yonkers, New York Public Schools in a Desegregation Suit
A widely publicized Justice Department suit against the Yonkers public schools and public housing authorities claiming intentional segregation was decided in favor of the U.S. and the State of New York November 20, 1985 (United States v.Yonkers Board of Education, 624 F. Supp. 1276 (S.D.N.Y.). Yonkers schools were then put under the authority of District Federal Judge Leonard B. Sand A desegregation plan was approved by the Court. and implemented by the Yonkers schools. More recently the State petitioned the U.S. District Court to return the schools to the authority of the School Board.
Dr. Fairley, the principal consultant for the Office of Attorney General of New York, reviewed voluminous materials on the status of minorities in the Yonkers public schools in relation to the issue of remaining vestiges of segregation.
His substantial report "Report on Changes in Certain Conditions in the Yonkers Public Schools" was an important factor in the settlement.