forensic-stat

Learning materials for Intro to Statistics in Forensic Science

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Intro to Statistics for Forensic Science

These materials were created for “The Basics of DNA Evidence” workshop taught by the Forensic University in Spring 2022.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to

Syllabus

Topic Key take-away points Lecture notes
1. What is probability? i) When it comes to probabilities, we do not trust our gut, we trust the formulas; ii) We estimate population probabilities from observed frequencies in samples; iii) The chosen sample is very important notes
2. How do we combine probabilities? i) Product rule: we can calculate the probability of simultaneous events when they are independent; ii) Addition rule: we can calculate the probability of different disjoint events notes
3. How do we update probabilities when new information is available? i) The conditional probability allows us to update a probability with new information; ii) Very important not to confuse the conditioning event as probabilities would change notes

YouTube video of the lecture

You can find the 90-minute lecture including all three topics in this link.

Meet the instructor

Claudia Solís-Lemus is an assistant professor at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Originally from Mexico City, she did her Undergraduate degrees in Actuarial Sciences and Applied Mathematics at ITAM. Then, she did a MA in Mathematics and a PhD in Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.