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Release NotesIntroduction to Statistics for Forensic Scientists is an essential introduction
to the subject, gently guiding the reader through the key statistical techniques
used to evaluate various types of forensic evidence. Assuming only a modest
mathematical background, the book uses real-life examples from the forensic
science literature and forensic case-work to illustrate relevant statistical
concepts and methods.

Table Of Contents

1 A short history of statistics in the law 1
2 Data types, location and dispersion 7
3 Probability 17
4 The normal distribution 29
5 Measures of nominal and ordinal association 45
6 Correlation 55
7 Regression and calibration 75
8 Evidence evaluation 95
9 Conditional probability and Bayes' theorem 105
10 Relevance and the formulation of propositions 117
11 Evaluation of evidence in practice 129
12 Evidence evaluation examples 139
13 Errors in interpretation 155
14 DNA I 161
15 DNA II 171
16 Sampling and sample size estimation 179
17 Epilogue 191
App. A Worked solutions to questions 199
App. B Percentage points of the standard normal distribution 225
App. C Percentage points of t-distributions 227
App. D Percentage points of [chi][superscript 2]-distributions 229
App. E Percentage points of beta-beta distributions 231
App. F Percentage points of F-distributions 233
App. G Calculating partial correlations using Excel software 235
App. H Further algebra using the "third law" 239

Product Details

* ISBN: 0470022000
* ISBN-13: 9780470022009
* Format: Hardcover, 266pp
* Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
* Pub. Date: January 2006
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