Forensic metrology : scientific measurement and inference for lawyers, judges and criminalists /: scientific measurement and inference for lawyers, judges and criminalists. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ted Vosk, Ashley F. Emery.
• Authors: Vosk, Ted; Emery, A. F (Ashley Francis), 1934-
• Contents: Science, Metrology, and the Law; Introduction to Measurement: The Measurand; Weights and Measures; Validation and Good Measurement Practices; Result Interpretation-I: Metrological Prerequisites to Knowledge; Result Interpretation-II: Measurement Error; Result Interpretation-III: Measurement Uncertainty; Epistemological Structure of Metrology ; Models and Uncertainty; Logic, Plausibility, and Probability; Bayes’ Relation; Statistics and the Characterizing of Uncertainties; Hypothesis Testing, Evidence, Likelihood, Data; Confidence and Credible Intervals, Statistical Inference; Least Squares, Parameter Estimation, and Correlation; Measurements: Errors versus Uncertainty; Plausibility and the Law; Reading List; Example: Effect of a Calibration Constant; References; Appendix A: Symbols; Appendix B: Glossary; Appendix C: Metrology Organizations and Standards; Appendix D: Legal Authorities; Appendix E: Case Materials; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 363.25; Forensic sciences; Metrology; Evidence (Law)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439826201
• Related ISBNs: 9781439826195
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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