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Data analysis in forensic science : a Bayesian decision perspective
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 391
- Series
- Statistics in practice
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Content: Front Matter --
The Foundations of Inference and Decision in Forensic Science: Introduction --
Scientific Reasoning and Decision Making --
Concepts of Statistical Science and Decision Theory --
Forensic Data Analysis: Point Estimation --
Credible Intervals --
Hypothesis Testing --
Sampling --
Classification of Observations --
Bayesian Forensic Data Analysis: Conclusions and Implications --
Appendix A: Discrete Distributions --
Appendix B: Continuous Distributions --
Bibliography --
Author Index --
Subject Index --
Statistics in Practice.
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