Introduction to statistics for forensic scientists
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ
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Wiley
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 251 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]243[-247( and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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David Lucy
CONTENTS NOTE
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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