Data Sources

Administrative Office of the United States Courts (http://www.uscourts.gov/)

Federal Judicial Center (http://www.fjc.gov/)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/)

Statistics References

StatPages.net (http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html)
This site comprises a powerful, conveniently-accessible, multi-platform statistical software package--with links to online statistics books, tutorials, downloadable software, and related resources

WWW Resources: Statistics (http://www.ulg.ac.be/cogsci/Links/Statistics.html)

Statistics on the Web (http://my.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html)

"OJ" Page (http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/OJtrial/ojhome.htm)
Written by Rob Becker, a former Cornell grad student, who explains how the legal system is a good metaphor for how the applied social researcher has to collect and weigh evidence in order to reach a conclusion (e.g., a verdict)

The Dead Grandmother/Exam Syndrome and the Potential Downfall of American Society (http://biology.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/People/ConnRev?)
Mike Adams, Biology Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, shows the power of statistics

Legal References

Cornell's Law Library (http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/default.html)
Great jumping-off site

Legal Information Institute (http://www.law.cornell.edu)
Cornell's own site for researching the law

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm)
A free copy!

Federal Courts Map (http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/)
Useful antidote to ignorance

 

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