Regression Analysis and Time Series Modelling
Regression Analysis in Legal Scenario Multiple regression and time series analysis have played an important role in legal context also. For instance, in the famous supreme court case of McCleskey v/s Kemp, the appellant, who was sentenced to death, claimed that race of the criminal plays a very important role when the judge decides the punishment. Accordingly, David Baldus, a professor at the University of Iowa, ran regression on the number of death penalty cases, while keeping the race of the criminal, his past criminal record, method of killing and motive of killing as independent variables. Ironically, the outcome ...
