Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

4-3-2019

SSRN Discipline

Economics Research Network; Legal Scholarship Network; Materials Science Research Network; Engineering Research Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; MatSciRN Subject Matter eJournals; Financial Economics Network; EngRN Subject Matter eJournals

Abstract

This brief comment discusses "Error Costs Legal Standards of Proof and Statistical Significance" by Michelle Burtis Jonah Gelbach and Bruce Kobayashi available at a hrefhttpsssrncomabstract2956471httpsssrncomabstract2956471a The primary aim of this comment is to situate the article's analysis within legal scholarship on evidence and proof by focusing on three issues regarding legal standards of proof 1 the extent to which they are comparative 2 the criteria that underlie them and 3 their relationship with statistical evidence

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