The Journal of the American Law and Economics Association (Vol. 3, 2001) published the results of a


Question: The Journal of the American Law and Economics Association (Vol. 3, 2001) published the results of a study of appeals of federal civil trials. The accompanying table, extracted from the article, gives a breakdown of 2,143 civil cases that were appealed by either the plaintiff or the defendant. The outcome of the appeal, as well as the type of trial (judge or jury), was determined for each civil case. Suppose 1 of the 2,143 cases is selected at random. Answer the questions that follow.

(a) Find P(Jury trial).

(b) Find P(Jury trial)’.

(c) List two events from the table above that are not mutually exclusive.

(d) Find P(Plaintiff trial win-reversed given that it was a Judge trial).

(e) Find P(Defendant trial win-affirmed/dismissed or Jury trial).

(f) Find P(Defendant trial win-reversed and Judge trial).

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