This series is scheduled to begin on Friday, April 28, 2023. A registration form can be found below. 

Presenter:

Alicia Carriquiry
Director of CSAFE
Iowa State University

About the Short Course:

Session 1 is the first session in the three-session short course, Sampling for Forensic Practitioners. Dr. Alicia Carriquiry covers populations and sampling frames, and sampling methods including geometric sampling. The emphasis will be on understanding how these methods are used to aid and enhance current forensic science practices. This short course will be held online in three sessions: April 28, May 5, and May 12. Registration is free, and you only need to register once to attend all three sessions. Participants who attend all sessions will receive a certificate of completion.

If you are interested in participating in this course and would like to suggest topics for discussion, please contact us at your earliest convenience and we will try to accommodate your request.

This series is scheduled to begin on Friday, March 31, 2023. A registration form can be found below. 

Session 1 Description:

Probability Concepts and their Relevance to Forensic Science is the first session in the four-session short course, Statistical Thinking for Forensic Practitioners. 

Probability is the mathematical language of uncertainty. Probabilities are used to describe the frequency or likelihood of events or to characterize measurement uncertainty. In this first session, we introduce the laws of probability and their application in forensic settings. Specific topics include:

• Definition and interpretation of probability
• Basic laws of probability
• Conditional probability and independence of events
• Bayes’ Theorem and Bayesian statistics

Topics are illustrated with examples drawn from forensic science and relevant legal cases.

Presenter:

Hal Stern
Co-Director of CSAFE
Provost, Executive Vice Chancellor, and Chancellor’s Professor – University of California, Irvine

About the Short Course:

Session 1 is the first session in the four-part short course, Statistical Thinking for Forensic Practitioners, Dr. Hal Stern introduces fundamental concepts from probability and statistics –– motivated by forensic issues –– followed by a detailed investigation of how they apply to assess forensic evidence’s probative value. This short course will be held online in four sessions. Each session builds upon the previous one(s) and recordings will be available in the event registrants are unable to attend one or more of the live sessions. Researchers, collaborators, and members of the broader forensics and statistics communities are encouraged to attend. Short course registrants who attend all sessions will receive a certificate of completion.