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What Is the Probability That This Blood Came From That Person? A Meaningful Question?

NCJ Number
88133
Journal
Journal of the Forensic Science Society Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1983) Pages: 35-39
Author(s)
I W Evett
Date Published
1983
Length
5 pages
Annotation
The paper discusses, on the basis of Bayesian inference, the type of question which the forensic scientist should attempt to answer in the context of the investigation of a crime.
Abstract
By means of simple examples it is argued that, as far as the scientist is concerned, the first question in the title is not, in general, meaningful. (Publisher abstract)

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