Empirical Legal Studies tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-266574 2013-06-13T14:04:45-05:00 www.elsblog.org - Bringing Methods to Our Madness TypePad UCLA's Outstanding Stats Resource tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b58069e201901d58cb5d970b 2013-06-13T14:04:45-05:00 2013-06-13T14:05:41-05:00 Those looking for either introductory or mid-level instructional on-line resources should visit UCLA's idre site. The site's resources are both deep and wide. Particularly helpful is an array of on-line classes and workshops (some with accompanying videos) that span the... Michael Heise
Those looking for either introductory or mid-level instructional on-line resources should visit UCLA's idre site. The site's resources are both deep and wide. Particularly helpful is an array of on-line classes and workshops (some with accompanying videos) that span the leading statistical software packages and include numerous, discrete topical areas. Well worth a look and kudos to UCLA for making it publicly available.
 When Independent Variables Reverse Signs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b58069e20192aaf7a530970d 2013-06-10T10:42:16-05:00 2013-06-10T10:44:28-05:00 Andrew Gelman (Columbia--Statistics) has an interesting post about a nettlesome little topic -- How to make sense of an independent variable that "flips" signs (that is, goes from negative to positive or vice-versa) across model specifications. This phenomena, while unusual,... Michael Heise
Andrew Gelman (Columbia--Statistics) has an interesting post about a nettlesome little topic -- How to make sense of an independent variable that "flips" signs (that is, goes from negative to positive or vice-versa) across model specifications. This phenomena, while unusual, typically arises when control variables are added to a model. Gelman's post includes helpful links to examples in the literature and has attracted insightful comments.
 Helpful SPSS Resource tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b58069e2019102e64204970c 2013-06-03T11:07:08-05:00 2013-06-03T11:11:39-05:00 Though most of our stats software package-related posts skew towards Stata, we remain mindful that folks' tastes vary across the most popular packages (e.g., Stata, SPSS, R, SAS). With this in mind, we recently stumbled across a helpful and quite... Michael Heise

Though most of our stats software package-related posts skew towards Stata, we remain mindful that folks' tastes vary across the most popular packages (e.g., Stata, SPSS, R, SAS). With this in mind, we recently stumbled across a helpful and quite user-friendly SPSS resource. Mounted by SPSS' new owner (IBM), the "Case Studies" tab provides hands-on examples of how to perform various types of statistical analyses and interpret the results. The site walks users through (using quite helpful "screen-shot" slides) a suite of statistical tests found in SPSS' various stats packages. (For one example, factor analysis is explained here.) Worth a look for those using SPSS.

 Call For Papers: Trademark Data Workshop tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b58069e2019102b06ba6970c 2013-05-29T13:42:00-05:00 2013-05-29T13:42:00-05:00 A workshop, co-sponsored by the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at New York University School of Law and the United States Patent and Trademark Office in cooperation with the Center for Law & Economics, ETH Zurich, the Oxford... Michael Heise

A workshop, co-sponsored by the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at New York University School of Law and the United States Patent and Trademark Office in cooperation with the Center for Law & Economics, ETH Zurich, the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, and the Centre for Competition Policy (UEA), seeks paper proposals from "economics, management, and legal scholars on the empirical study of trademark data." The workshop seeks to "support better scholarship in this embryonic area of research and lead to the publication of high quality and high impact studies."

The workshop is scheduled for September 26-27, 2013, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia.

Paper proposals are due by July 1, 2013, and should be sent to: saurabh.visnubhakat@uspto.gov.

For further information contact: Prof. Barton Beebe:  barton.beebe@nyu.edu or Alan Marco: alan.marco@uspto.gov.

 Federal Judges' Citations to Legal Scholarship tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b58069e20192aa3a8f6c970d 2013-05-23T08:08:48-05:00 2013-05-23T08:15:47-05:00 Derogating legal scholarship has become something of a sport for many, including federal judges. Chief Justice Roberts, for example, recently opined that "because law review articles are not of interest to the bench," he has trouble remembering the last law... Michael Heise

Derogating legal scholarship has become something of a sport for many, including federal judges. Chief Justice Roberts, for example, recently opined that "because law review articles are not of interest to the bench," he has trouble remembering the last law review article he read.

David Schwartz (Chicago-Kent) and Lee Petherbridge (Loyola-LA) subject the general claim to data. In a series of papers the authors present findings on when an opinion (majority, dissent, or concurrence) cites to legal scholarship in the U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, and Federal Circuit. For Supreme Court opinions, the authors find that legal scholarship citations "sharply vary across different types of legal issues." Click here for a quick summary of the papers (and the data sets).

 Call For Papers: Midwest Law & Economics Association tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b58069e2019102521dc1970c 2013-05-19T18:42:54-05:00 2013-05-19T18:42:54-05:00 Bob Lawless (Ill.) asked me to post the following Call for Papers for the 2013 MLEA, and I am delighted to do so. University of Illinois College of Law will host the conference and the deadline for proposals is August... Michael Heise

Bob Lawless (Ill.) asked me to post the following Call for Papers for the 2013 MLEA, and I am delighted to do so. University of Illinois College of Law will host the conference and the deadline for proposals is August 1, 2013. A brief description of the conference follows (more details here).

"The University of Illinois College of Law and the Illinois Program on Law, Behavior & Social Science are hosting the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Law & Economics Association on October 11 & 12, 2013 in Champaign, Illinois. To participate, you need not be a Midwestern economist or even an economist or a Midwesterner. The event consists of law professors and economists presenting papers with varying degrees of law-and-economics content, ranging from empirical analyses and formal economic modeling to legal philosophy and doctrinal papers infused with economic thinking. Presentations will begin Friday morning and end early- to mid-afternoon on Saturday."