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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812693503321

Titolo

Forensic analysis : weighing bullet lead evidence / / Committee on Scientific Assessment of Bullet Lead Elemental Composition Comparison, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2004

ISBN

0-309-16643-8

1-280-17674-1

9786610176748

0-309-52756-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

363.2562

Soggetti

Bullets

Lead - Analysis

Chemistry, Forensic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Support for this study was provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Contract No. S2N0216700"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Compositional Analysis -- 3 Statistical Analysis of Bullet Lead Data -- 4 Interpretation -- 5 Major Findings and Recommendations -- APPENDIXES -- A Statement of Task -- B Committee Membership -- C Committee Meeting Agendas -- D Glossary -- E Basic Principles of Statistics -- F Simulating False Match Probabilities Based on Normal Theory -- G Data Analysis of Table 1, Randich et al. -- H Principal Components Analysis: How Many Elements Should Be Measured? -- I Birthday Problem Analogy -- J Understanding the Significance of the Results of Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead -- K Statistical Analysis of Bullet Lead Data.