We provide expert statistical services to attorneys, including bar advocates and public defenders, at a rate approved by the Massachusetts Committee on Public Counsel Services (CPCS). These cases may involve racial profiling.
Each of the videos below describes an aspect of analyzing for bias or racial profiling in police traffic stops. These presentations consider issues arising from the decision in Commonwealth v. Long (485 Mass. 711, 2020).
Each video is 3-7 minutes long and assumes no prior statistical background.
Each of the videos below describes an aspect of analyzing for bias or racial profiling in police traffic stops. These presentations consider issues arising from the decision in Commonwealth v. Long (485 Mass. 711, 2020).
Each video is 3-7 minutes long and assumes no prior statistical background.
Session 1. How might we assess, statistically, whether a pattern of law enforcement is biased?
Session 2. What to expect from MA Dept. of Transportation data on police stops
Session 3. Statistical Significance: Concepts
Session 4. Statistical Significance: Choosing a Threshold
Session 5. Controlling for Many Factors