ArticleForensic science international. Synergy2022
The opacity myth: A response to Swofford & Champod (2022).
Article in Forensic science international. Synergy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Perceptions of forensic scientists on statistical models, sequence data, and ethical implications for DNA evidence evaluations: A qualitative assessment.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2023Article
- Machine learning algorithms in forensic science: A response to Morrison et al. (2022).Forensic science international. Synergy · 2022Article
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Abstract
Swofford & Champod (2022) FSI Synergy article 100220 reports the results of semi-structured interviews that asked interviewees their views on probabilistic evaluation of forensic evidence in general, and probabilistic evaluation of forensic evidence performed using computational algorithms in particular. The interview protocol included a leading question based on the premise that machine-learning methods used in forensic inference are not understandable even to those who develop those methods. We contend that this is a false premise.
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