Indeed. > The contingency table (Table 6) shows that 20% (49) > of individuals classified as African Americans > [by their fingerprint model] are actuall

Indeed. > The contingency table (Table 6) shows that 20% (49) > of individuals classified as African Americans > [by their fingerprint model] are actually > European American and 22% (54) classified as European > American are African American. In total 103 of 243 > individuals were misclassified for an estimated overall > error rate of 42%. The area under the ROC curve is > 0.59, which does not meet the standard of a good > classification rule for a logistic regression of 0.90 > or higher. From, doi:10.1002/ajpa.22869 They also mention in the discussion that even identical twins can have differences in their fingerprints, implying that uterine environment plays a role in defining fingerprint features. Given this, I wonder if it's not the case that some of the variance that they are ascribing to ancestry might actually be better explained by socioeconomic conditions.