Wanogho, S. and Gettinby, G. and Caddy, B. and Robertson, J. (1984) A simulation study on the effects of some factors influencing the performance of a statistical procedure for distinguishing between soil samples. Journal of the Forensic Science Society, 24 (4). p. 362. ISSN 0015-7368
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Soil studies are an important area of forensic transference problems. As yet no expedient and confident method exists for discriminating between soil samples from different sources. A simple statistical method is described which uses the results of laboratory measurements to characterise control soil samples. Using similarity probabilities the method successfully identifies the origin of soil samples chosen blindly from the control samples. The statistical algorithm also provides information on the discriminating power of the different soil variables measured in the laboratory.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 17814 |
| Keywords: | simulation, effect, influencing factors, performance, statistical procedure, soil samples, statistical algorithm, Probabilities. Mathematical statistics |
| Subjects: | Science > Mathematics > Probabilities. Mathematical statistics |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics |
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| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 14 May 2010 10:01 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 11:08 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/17814 |
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