TY  - BOOK
AU  - Obertova,Zuzana
AU  - Stewart,Alistair
AU  - Cattaneo,Cristina
TI  - Statistics and probability in forensic anthropology
SN  - 9780128157640
U1  - 614.17 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Elsevier, 
KW  - Statistics in forensics
KW  - Probabilities
N1  - Contents 

1.	Section 1: Study design, data collection and initial assessment of data
Chapter 1.1 - What “statistical” questions can we expect from judges? An introductory note from a European adversarial system
Chapter 1.2 - Study design and sampling
Chapter 1.3 - Physical and virtual sources of biological data in forensic anthropology: Considerations relative to practitioner and/or judicial requirements
Chapter 1.4 - Initial assessment: Measurement errors and interrater reliability

2.	Section 2: General considerations about method selection
Chapter 2.1 - General considerations about data and selection of statistical approaches
Chapter 2.2 - Probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and analysis
Chapter 2.3 - Data mining and decision trees

3.	Section 3: Frequentist and bayesian approach to data analysis and interpretation
Chapter 3.1 - Frequentist approach to data analysis and interpretation in forensic anthropology
Chapter 3.2 - Use of Bayes’ theorem in data analysis and interpretation

4.	Section 4: Variables of the biological profile: Population studies and application to single cases
Chapter 4.1 - Sex estimation using nonmetric variables: Application of R functions
Chapter 4.2 - Sex estimation using continuous variables: Problems and principles of sex classification in the zone of uncertainty
Chapter 4.3 - Age estimation of living persons: A coherent approach to inference and decision
Chapter 4.4 - Extreme learning machine neural networks for adult skeletal age-at-death estimation
Chapter 4.5 - Statistical approaches to ancestry estimation: New and established methods for the quantification of cranial variation for forensic casework
Chapter 4.6 - Stature estimation

5.	Section 5: Software solutions for forensic anthropologists
Chapter 5.1 - Osteomics: Decision support systems for forensic anthropologists
Chapter 5.2 - Fordisc: Anthropological software for estimation of ancestry, sex, time period, and stature
Chapter 5.3 - Geometric morphometrics

6.	Section 6: Evaluation of evidence and reporting
Chapter 6.1 - Bayesian inference in personal identification
Chapter 6.2 - Visual identification of persons: Facial image comparison and morphological comparative analysis
Chapter 6.3 - Communicating evidence with a focus on the use of Bayes’ theorem

7.	Section 7: Statistical programs
Chapter 7.1 - IBM SPSS statistics
Chapter 7.2 - An introduction to the R language
Chapter 7.3 - Stata
Chapter 7.4 - SAS

; Includes Index : p. 339-407
ER  -