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Introduction to statistics for forensic scientists / David Lucy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2005.Description: xiv, 251 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0470022000
  • 0470022019
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.5024/36325
LOC classification:
  • HV8073 .L83 2005
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Contents:
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.
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Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack HV8073.L83 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 63702
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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.

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