Winter 2012 – Quant Methods for Lawyers

Winter 2012 Quantitative Methods for Lawyers Course
Professor Daniel Martin Katz
Michigan State University – College of Law

(1) Office Hours :  3:15-4:15 Monday/Wednesday  in  230F Law College Building (or by Appt.)

(2) Syllabus for Winter 2012 – Quantitative Methods for Lawyers Course (V 1.06 ) UPDATED 4/01/12

(3) Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and The Great Transformation of the Market for Legal Services (Class #1)

(4)  Welcome to Law’s Information Revolution  (Revolution Already in Progress) (Class #2)

(5)  Introduction to Probability & Basic Statistics  (Part 1)  (Class #3)

(6)  Introduction to Probability & Basic Statistics  (Part 2)  (Class #4)

(7) Introduction to Probability & Basic Statistics  (Part 3)  (Class #5)

(8) Bayes Rule, Thinking Empirically and Research Design (Class #6)

(9) Experimental Data, Surveys & Sampling (Class #7)

(10) Sampling (Cont.), Skewness, Kurtosis & Data Distributions (Class #8)

(11) Binomial, Normal and Power Law Distributions (Class #9)

(12) Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Significance (Class #10)

(13) Chi Square Analysis (Class #11)

(14) Problem Set #1  – Due February 29, 2012 @ Noon 

(15) Students “t” Distribution and Introduction to Stata (Class #12)

(16) T Statistic, F Statistic and More STATA (Class #13)

(16) Covariance, Correlation and Brief Intro to Regression (Class #14)

(17) Intro to Regression Analysis (Class #15)

(18) Regression Analysis — Part II (Class #16)

states.dta (File Used in Examples)

(19) Problem Set #2  – Due March 27, 2012 @ Noon (Note the Time Extension)

states.dta (File Used in Problems)
hprice1981.dta (File Used in Problems)

(20) Regression Analysis — Part III (Class #17)

(21) Regression Analysis — Part IV (Class #18)

(21) Regression Analysis — Part V (Class #19)

(22) Using Decision Trees and Settlement Evaluations to Manage Litigation,
Counsel Clients, and Improve Outcomes (Class #20)

SLIDES WILL BE POSTED SOON!
Guest Speaker: Daniel W. Linna Jr.
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

(23) LexThink .1 – The Future of Law Practice in 6 Minutes (Class #21)

Please Attend LexThink .1   In Person
Chicago Hilton – March 28, 2012 @7:00pm
For those Who Cannot Attend: Video Will Be Available Soon!

(24) Regression Analysis — Part VI, Patterns in Litigation & Introduction to Network Analysis  (Class #22)

(25) Problem Set #3  – Due April 13, 2012 @ Noon

(26) Introduction to Network Science – “The New Science of the Connected Age” (Class #23)

(27) Network Science (Part II) – “The New Science of the Connected Age” (Class #24)

(28) Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Text as Data (Class #25)

(29) Bonus Content: Machine Learning and Intelligence in Our Midst (via Microsoft Research)

(30) Problem Set #4  – Due April 23, 2012 @ 2pm

(31) The Power of the Purse: How Corporate Procurement is Influencing Law Firm Selection (Class #26)

SLIDES WILL BE POSTED SOON!
Guest Speaker: Dr. Silvia Hodges
Director of Research Services, TyMetrix Analytics
Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School

(32) Algorithmic Thinking, Inverse Problems, Analogical Reasoning and the Science of Similarity (Class #27)

(33) Final Project Assignment (Due 4pm on May 9, 2012)

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pension.dta
smoke.dta
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