Just in case not everyone is on Sandy's FIGS email list, here's an article that Michele Triplett forwarded regarding statistical statements in forensics.
ASA Position on Statistical Statements for Forensic Evidence
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josher89
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ASA Position on Statistical Statements for Forensic Evidence
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Boyd Baumgartner
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Re: ASA Position on Statistical Statements for Forensic Evidence
'Assumptions of the researchers' is the new 'training and experience'. Quick, Batman....to the Zazzle-cave to make a T-shirt for this year's conference.Depending on the assumptions of the researchers, such studies are likely to result in the development of several different models for a given evidence type, and by extension, in different inferences about the same hypotheses.
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Dr. Borracho
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Re: ASA Position on Statistical Statements for Forensic Evidence
I guess in the modern scientific paradigm of the OSAC and other multi-lettered groups comprised of lawyers and researchers, "Assumptions of researchers" is more reliable than the opinion (conclusion) of trained, experienced, and proficiency tested experts.Depending on the assumptions of the researchers,
"The times, they are a changin' "
-- Bob Dylan, 1964
-- Bob Dylan, 1964