Jackson County judges try thousands of cases per year. In an overwhelming majority of the cases disposed, the verdict stands as rendered. However, some cases are appealed, and of those appealed, some of the cases are reversed.

Stacy Jones of the Kansas City Star newspaper conducted a study of cases handled by Jackson County judges over a three-year period. Shown in the attached table are the results for cases handled (disposed) by the listed judges in Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Court, and Municipal Court.

The purpose of the newspaper's study was to evaluate the performance of the judges. Appeals are often the result of mistakes made by judges, and the newspaper wanted to know which judges were doing a good job and which were making too many mistakes.

You are called in to assist in the data analysis. Use your knowledge of probability and conditional probability to help with the ranking of the judges. You also may be able to analyze the likelihood of appeal and reversal for cases handled by different courts.

Prepare a managerial report with your rankings of the judges. In the Excel data, add in two rows for judges, use your name and the professors name as add in newly created data.

In your analysis, include the likelihood of appeal and case reversal in the three courts. Along with the screen shot of your analysis listed as an appendix per APA guidelines. Include the excel data spreadsheet as an attachment.

At a minimum, your report should include the following:

1. The probability of cases being appealed and reversed in the three different courts. (Disposed, Appealed, Reversed)
2. The probability of a case being appealed for each judge.
3. The probability of a case being reversed for each judge.
4. The probability of reversal given an appeal for each judge.
5. Rank the judges within each court. State the criteria you used and provide a rationale for your choice