The interpretation of elemental composition measurements from forensic glass evidence: II

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-249

  Curran, J M ^a   Triggs, C M ^a   Almirall, J R ^b   Buckleton, J S ^c   Walsh, K A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Metro Dade Crime Laboratory   (United States)

^c MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Glass; Hotelling's T2 test; Interpretation of evidence; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; GLASS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROL; CRIME; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HYPOTHESIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030725546     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(97)72198-1     Document Type: Article

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