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Introduction to statistics for forensic scientists / David Lucy.

By: Publication details: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2005.Description: xiv, 251 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0470022000
  • 9780470022009 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.5024 LUC
Contents:
Preface. - List of figures. - List of tables. - 1. A short history of statistics in the law. - 2. Data types, location, and dispersion. - 3. Probability. - 4. The normal distribution. - 5. Measures of nominal and ordinal asociation. - 6. Correlation. - 7. Regression and calibration. - 8. Evidence evaluation. - 9. Conditional probability and Bayes' theorem. - 10. Relevance and the formulation of propositions. - 11. Evaluation of evidence in practice. - 12. Evidence evaluation examples. - 13. Errors in interpretation. - 14. DNA I. - 15. DNA II. - 16. Sampling and sample size estimation. - 17. Epilogue. - Appendices. - References. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-247) and index.

Preface. - List of figures. - List of tables. - 1. A short history of statistics in the law. - 2. Data types, location, and dispersion. - 3. Probability. - 4. The normal distribution. - 5. Measures of nominal and ordinal asociation. - 6. Correlation. - 7. Regression and calibration. - 8. Evidence evaluation. - 9. Conditional probability and Bayes' theorem. - 10. Relevance and the formulation of propositions. - 11. Evaluation of evidence in practice. - 12. Evidence evaluation examples. - 13. Errors in interpretation. - 14. DNA I. - 15. DNA II. - 16. Sampling and sample size estimation. - 17. Epilogue. - Appendices. - References. - Index.