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Some Statistical Issues in Forensic DNA Profiling

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Modelling and Prediction Honoring Seymour Geisser

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

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  1. School of Statistics 270 Vincent Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Seymour Geisser

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  1. Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hseuh Road, Hsichu, Taiwan R.O.C

    Jack C. Lee

  2. Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    Wesley O. Johnson

  3. Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1101 East 58th Street, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA

    Arnold Zellner

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Geisser, S. (1996). Some Statistical Issues in Forensic DNA Profiling. In: Lee, J.C., Johnson, W.O., Zellner, A. (eds) Modelling and Prediction Honoring Seymour Geisser. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2414-3_1

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