A simulation study on the effects of some factors influencing the performance of a statistical procedure for distinguishing between soil samples

S. Wanogho; G. Gettinby; B. Caddy; J. Robertson

doi:10.1016/S0015-7368(84)72979-3

A simulation study on the effects of some factors influencing the performance of a statistical procedure for distinguishing between soil samples

S. Wanogho, G. Gettinby, B. Caddy, J. Robertson

Mathematics And Statistics

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Abstract

Soil studies are an important area of forensic transference problems. As yet no expedient and confident method exists for discriminating between soil samples from different sources. A simple statistical method is described which uses the results of laboratory measurements to characterise control soil samples. Using similarity probabilities the method successfully identifies the origin of soil samples chosen blindly from the control samples. The statistical algorithm also provides information on the discriminating power of the different soil variables measured in the laboratory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	362-362
Number of pages	1
Journal	Journal of the Forensic Science Society
Volume	24
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0015-7368(84)72979-3
Publication status	Published - Jul 1984

Keywords

simulation
effect
influencing factors
performance
statistical procedure
soil samples
statistical algorithm

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