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A Significant Problem Within The Legal Profession Is That Many Of The Lawyers Litigating Cases And The Judges Deciding Them Have Only A Limited Understanding Of How To Properly Interpret Empirical Evidence. The Goal Of This Book Is To Provide An Easy Way For Members Of The Legal Profession To Acquire A Basic Understanding Of The Most Common Methods That Serve As The Building Blocks For Empirical Evidence In Academic Articles, Policy Briefs, And Expert Witness Reports. To Accomplish This Goal, We Take A Different Approach Than Other Introductory Books On Empirical Methods. We Omit The Formulas And Equations Found In Other Books, And We Instead Focus On Explaining The Intuition And Logic Of Common Empirical Methods. We Also Exclusively Use Examples That Are Relevant To Law School And Legal Practice. By Making The Book Accessible In This Way, We Hope To Help Counteract The Aversion Towards Empirical Evidence That Is Far Too Common In Law Schools, Law Firms, And The Courts-- Provided By Publisher.