numerical analysis
- n (mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus
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- The Pulse: In defense of stop and frisk
Shira Scheindlin, the federal judge who found the NYPD's implementation of "stop and frisk" unconstitutional, relied largely on a numerical analysis in concluding that there was "indirect racial profiling" in violation of the Fourth and 14th Amendments. But John Timoney, who ran police departments in New York City, Philadelphia, and Miami, told me that the numbers don't tell the full story.
Aug. 18, 2013 - The Philadelphia Inquirer