Sample size determination for categorical responses

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-151

  Mavridis, Dimitris ^a   Aitken, Colin G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence evaluation; Forensic science; Likelihood ratio; Misleading evidence; Multinomial data; Power priors; Sample size; Ternary diagram

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SAMPLE SIZE; STREET DRUGS; TABLETS;

EID: 58149186842     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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