The likelihood approach to compare populations : a study on DNA evidence and pitfalls of intuitions

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serval:BIB_20051F743F17
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
The likelihood approach to compare populations : a study on DNA evidence and pitfalls of intuitions
Journal
Science and Justice
Author(s)
Taroni F., Aitken C.G.
ISSN
1355-0306
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2000
Volume
39
Number
4
Pages
213-222
Language
english
Abstract
The paper follows on from earlier work [Taroni F and Aitken CGG. Probabilistic reasoning in the law, Part 1: assessment of probabilities and explanation of the value of DNA evidence. Science & Justice 1998; 38: 165-177]. Different explanations of the value of DNA evidence were presented to students from two schools of forensic science and to members of fifteen laboratories all around the world. The responses were divided into two groups; those which came from a school or laboratory identified as Bayesian and those which came from a school or laboratory identified as non-Bayesian. The paper analyses these responses using a likelihood approach. This approach is more consistent with a Bayesian analysis than one based on a frequentist approach, as was reported by Taroni F and Aitken CGG. [Probabilistic reasoning in the law, Part 1: assessment of probabilities and explanation of the value of DNA evidence] in Science & Justice 1998.
Keywords
Bayes Theorem , DNA Fingerprinting , Forensic Medicine , Humans , Likelihood Functions , Probability
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Web of science
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