Chapter 9 Of Experts and Expertise

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1 As a Matter of Fact 1
5. Chapter 2 Zebras, Horses, and the Nature of Inference 15
6. Chapter 3 The Burden of Proof 34
7. Chapter 4 How to Tell the Truth with Statistics 58
8. Chapter 5 Testimony, and Not Only in Court 82
9. Chapter 6 Testing Testimony 98
10. Chapter 7 Of Lies and Liars 111
11. Chapter 8 Can We Believe Our Eyes and Ears? 129
12. Chapter 9 Of Experts and Expertise 145
13. Chapter 10 The Science of Crime 167
14. Chapter 11 The Ever-Expanding Domain of Expertise 185
15. Chapter 12 The Relevance of the Past to the Present 203
16. Chapter 13 Seeing What We Want to See 226
17. Notes 241
18. Index 295