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Optimum Test Statistics with Particular Reference to a Forensic Science Problem
Author(s) -
Parker J. B.,
Holford A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985641
Subject(s) - statistics , forensic science , test (biology) , mathematics , history , geology , archaeology , paleontology
Summary The problem of comparing two objects, each of which possesses a number of different attributes (which may be independent or correlated), is reviewed against the background of a particular problem in forensic science. A computer program which enables the upper percentage points of a suitable test statistic to be obtained is described and its results are used in the above application.