Introduction to statistics for forensic scientists /
[Book]
David Lucy
Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley,
c2005
xiv, 251 p. :
ill. ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-247) and index
A short history of statistics in the law -- Data types, location, and dispersion -- Probability -- The normal distribution -- Measures of nominal and ordinal association -- Correlation -- Regression and calibration -- Evidence evaluation -- Conditional probability and Bayes' theorem -- Relevance and the formulation of propositions -- Evaluation of evidence in practice -- Evidence evaluation examples -- Errors in interpretation -- DNA I -- DNA II -- Sampling and sample size estimation -- Epilogue