Measuring heterogeneity in forensic databases using hierarchical Bayes models

Biometrika

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-287

  Roeder, Kathryn ^a,b,c   Escobar, Michael ^a,b   Kadane, Joseph B ^a,c   Balazs, Ivan ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Lifecodes Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0001764019     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/85.2.269     Document Type: Article

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