tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211409948956809184.post2494704611162002404..comments2024-03-21T04:14:27.443-07:00Comments on Large Scale Machine Learning and Other Animals: Spotlight: Ravel Law - introducing graph analytics to law researchDanny Bicksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517237836051035400noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3211409948956809184.post-41392313888165270712014-03-25T12:24:00.748-07:002014-03-25T12:24:00.748-07:00Such models can be useful but are always modeling ...Such models can be useful but are always modeling a slice of the supreme court. I don't recall any models of the supreme court being tested against "The switch in time that saved the nine" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_switch_in_time_that_saved_nine<br /><br />There have been other models, Glendon Schubert's "The judicial mind revisited: pyschometric analysis of Supreme Court ideology" comes to mind. Multi-dimensional factor analysis. Interesting in part because Schubert taught himself factor analysis on a rotary calculator. <br /><br />There was a spate of court decision making modeling in the 1960's and 70's. I haven't kept up with it so I don't know the current state of the field. <br /><br />Patrick<br /><br />Patrick Durusauhttp://tm.durusau.netnoreply@blogger.com