The article “The Caseload Controversy and the Study of Criminal Courts” (Journal of Crim...

The article “The Caseload Controversy and the Study of Criminal Courts” (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology [1979]: 89– 101) used multiple regression to analyze a data set consisting of observations on the variables

y = length of sentence in trial case (months)

x₁= seriousness of first offense

x₂ =dummy variable indicating type of trial (bench or jury)

x₃ =number of legal motions

x₄ = measure of delay for confined defendants (0 for those not confined)

x₅ =measure of judge’s caseload

The estimated regression equation proposed by the authors is