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SUMMARY:The problem of false positives\, some lessons from the bullet lead
  story\, and the new U.S. Department of Justice guidance for expert testim
 ony - Michael Finkelstein (Columbia University)
DTSTART:20160830T103000Z
DTEND:20160830T110000Z
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DESCRIPTION:False positive probability is a key element in a statistical e
 valuation of forensic evidence. &nbsp\;The Committee on Scientific Assessm
 ent of Bullet Lead Elemental Composition Comparison of the U.S. National R
 esearch Council struggled with the problem of its estimation and its concl
 usion is instructive. &nbsp\;It is an interesting fact that the recently i
 ssued guidance&nbsp\;for expert testimony proposed by the U.S. Department 
 of Justice points in a similar direction.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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