Sampling - How big a sample?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 750-760

  Aitken, C G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Drugs; Forensic science; Sampling; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033032169     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14549j     Document Type: Article

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