How do you use statistics in investigations?

Check out this paper by Geoff Black

http//www.geoffblack.com/downloads/IQPC_E-Discovery_West%202010_(with_Notes)-Geoff_Black.pptx
Statistical Validation and Data Analytics in eDiscovery

And check out his blog too. It's cool, 'cause he links to mine )

Sounds interesting, I'll check it out. Thanks!

I asked myself throughout the entirety of my statistics class.

It makes you a smarter, more well rounded person, but it won't be nearly as important as SO many other classes you'll take.

The only real application I've found thus far is calculating the odds of two md5 hashes colliding naturally, and then comparing it to various other things. I made a whole .png file with it during my computer forensics class.

Fun Fact There are more MD5 possibilities than there is atoms in every person in America.

I declined to do the same for SHA-512.