Presentation of a Confidence Interval Estimate as Evidence in a Legal Proceeding

This paper treats some of the special and unfamiliar problems encountered in presenting in a courtroom setting the result of a sample survey which leads to reporting an estimate.It develops that the minor problem of non-response in surveys is very much aggravated in legal evidentiary evaluation, leading to the necessity of exercising much more stringent follow-up procedures.It is claimed that the interval estimate form is almost ideally suited to presentation before a judge, jury, and legal counsel.