{"id":13841,"date":"2022-06-08T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forensicstats.org\/?post_type=portfolio&p=13841"},"modified":"2022-06-20T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:55:59","slug":"statistical-thinking-for-forensic-practitioners-short-course-summer-2022","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/forensicstats.org\/blog\/portfolio\/statistical-thinking-for-forensic-practitioners-short-course-summer-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistical Thinking for Forensic Practitioners Short Course (Summer 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presenter: <\/strong>
\nHal Stern
\nProvost and Executive Vice Chancellor, University of California, Irvine
\nChancellor’s Professor in the Department of Statistics, University of California, Irvine
\nCo-Director, CSAFE<\/p>\n

Presentation Description:<\/strong>
\nProbability Concepts and their Relevance to Forensic Science is the first session in the three-session short course, Statistical Thinking for Forensic Practitioners.<\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n