Is forensic science the last bastion of resistance against statistics?

Science and Justice

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-252

  Curran, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION;

FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881556510     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2013.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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