Some Statistical Issues in Forensic DNA Profiling

Seymour Geisser
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Seymour Geisser: University of Minnesota, School of Statistics 270 Vincent Hall

A chapter in Modelling and Prediction Honoring Seymour Geisser, 1996, pp 3-18 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We present a discussion of some of the flaws and problems associated with the statistical methodology used by laboratories in DNA profiling and “matching”.

Keywords: Variable Number Tandem Repeat; Band Size; Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism; Technical Flaw; Forensic Laboratory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2414-3_1

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