To what question does the “random match probability” statistic attempt to provide an answer? The chance that a randomly chosen, unrelated individual from a given population would be similarly included as a possible contributor to a mixed evidence sample The chance that a randomly chosen, unrelated individual from a given reference population would fail to be excluded as a possible contributor to an evidence sample The chance that a suspect is innocent The chance that a suspect is guilty The probability that the information in an evidence sample is incomplete
To what question does the “random match
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The chance that a randomly chosen, unrelated individual from a given population would be similarly included as a possible contributor to a mixed evidence sample |
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The chance that a randomly chosen, unrelated individual from a given reference population would fail to be excluded as a possible contributor to an evidence sample |
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The chance that a suspect is innocent |
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The chance that a suspect is guilty |
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The probability that the information in an evidence sample is incomplete |
The Random Match Probability measures the probability of an unrelated person randomly picked from population and match the gene or DNA. It is nothing but the probability of making a mistake and unrelated person match the DNA. Thus it is probability that an innocent is suspected as guilty.
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