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== I think the math is wrong in the section "Example calculation for a DNA profile" == |
== I think the math is wrong in the section "Example calculation for a DNA profile" == |
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I think the math is wrong in the section "Example calculation for a DNA profile"
If you look at what it is talking about, there are 2 separate alleles (14 and 17). The text implies, but does not state, that they are independent of each other. If this is true, then the proper way to compute the combined probability of 2 separate and independent probabilities is....
(Probability of allele 14) X (probability of allele 17), i.e. it's multiplicative, not additive. A 10% chance times a 10% chance = a 1% chance.05:44, 19 January 2019 (UTC)Joemland (talk)jmland
==Wiki Education assignment: Seminars in Forensic Science== This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 January 2022 and 15 April 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Peer reviewers: Igrechlaurentian.
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