Table 1.
The variables used in the study and their definitions.
Fig 1.
Flowchart of divorce proceedings and contents of a second instance sentence concerning child custody.
Table 2.
Examples of phrases identified in the court sentences for each of the factual elements and legal principles.
Table 3.
Sample descriptives using t-test for equality of means.
Table 4.
Sample descriptives using t-test for equality of means.
Table 5.
Contingency tables, Chi-square test and odds ratios for categorical variables.
Table 6.
Multivariate linear regressions relating factual elements to legal principles.
Table 7.
Logistic regression analysis and neural network models for predicting court decisions on custody (DEC_JOINT).
Table 8.
Decision rules for the prediction of the trial outcome from the CHAID algorithm showing winning and losing strategies.