The likelihood ratio as value of evidence-more than a question of numbers

Law, Probability and Risk

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-315

  Nordgaard, Anders ^a,b   Rasmusson, Birgitta ^a,b  

^a Statens kriminaltekniska laboratorium   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bayes' theorem; Evidence value; Forensic interpretation; Likelihood; Logical approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871296390     PISSN: 14708396     EISSN: 1470840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/lpr/mgs019     Document Type: Article

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