Topic
Data Analysis
368 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
New (old) data from the USSC
Main February 27, 2007New (old) data from the USSCI was very pleased to discover that federal sentencing data junkies have a new treasure trove of information from the US Sentencing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another terrific Posnerian flourish calling for data-driven sentencing
Main January 10, 2007Another terrific Posnerian flourish calling for data-driven sentencingIn this post about a Seventh Circuit ruling a few months ago, I highlighted again the Kafkaesque reality that, as…
LawSites
Use ‘tag clouds’ to analyze documents
Tag Crowd is a site that lets you create tag clouds for any document. Tag clouds are those clusters of variously sized words you see on many blogs and on…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Underwriting, Math and the Future of Insurance
Information, and the ability to manage it in ever more clever and analytical ways, is fundamentally changing industry after industry. This article details the impact that ever more sophisticated management…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Seth with Guy : Getting data for no reason just drives you crazy
From Seth Godin in response to Guy Kawasaki's question as to why Seth doesn't check his blog's Technorati ranking: Because the data won’t change my actions. Getting data for no…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Thoughts on post-Bookerdata collection
Main February 13, 2005Thoughts on post-Booker data collectionIn this post reflecting on last week's House hearings (highlights here), I stressed the importance of focusing upon data rather than anecdote when…
DennisKennedy.Blog
Spreadsheets Forever
The spreadsheet reaches its 25th anniversary. An interview with one of the creators.
Tom Mighell
Coplink: a long-overdue idea
By Tom Mighell
Coplink, a program that links and compares data from new and existing police investigation files, is being compared to Google for law enforcement. So far, the Tucson Police Department is…