Statistical Analysis in Forensic Science: Evidential Values of Multivariate Physicochemical Data

Index

μ-X-ray fluorescence, μ-XRF, see glass, μ-X-ray fluorescence

accuracy

analysis of variance, see ANOVA

annealing, see glass, annealing

ANOVA

arithmetic mean, see data, central tendency, arithmetic mean

artificial neural network, ANN, see classification problem, artificial neural network

Bayes’ theorem

between-object variability

box-plots

calibration

car paints

likelihood ratio, LR

Py-GC/MS

central tendency, see data, central tendency

classification problem

artificial neural network, ANN

discriminant analysis, DA

likelihood ratio, LR

naïve Bayesian classifier, NBC

partial least-squares discriminant analysis, PLS-DA

SIMCA

support vector machines, SVM

cluster analysis, CA

averaged linkage method

clustering

dendrogram

furthest neighbour

hierarchical cluster analysis

nearest neighbour

Ward’s algorithm

comparison problem

likelihood ratio, LR

two-stage approach

confidence interval

data

central tendency

arithmetic mean

median

mode

continuous

covariance

descriptive statistics

discrete

dispersion

interquartile range, IQR

standard deviation

variance

location

interquartile range, IQR

quantiles

quartiles

normal distribution, see normal distribution

Pearson’s correlation coefficient

correlation significance test, see hypothesis testing, correlation significance test

transformation

autoscaling

hyperspherical

logarithmic

variance–covariance matrix

degrees of freedom

descriptive statstics, see data, descriptive statistics

DET plot

dimensionality reduction

graphical models

principal component ...