This essay responds to comments on our earlier paper discussing the American Sociological Association’s amicus brief in the Wal-Mart v. Dukes case. We identify areas of agreement and disagreement with the commentators and close with proposed meta-norms that should govern experts who seek to apply social science research to the facts of a particular case.

Citation
Gregory Mitchell, John T. Monahan & W. Laurens Walker, Case Specific Sociological Inference: Metanorms for Expert Opinions, 40 Social Methods & Research 668–680 (2011).