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Even that is problematic. A 98% match means there’s a 1 in 50 chance that the sample is not from the person that it’s been matched to. How many cases do you hav
by d1sxeyes 2y ago
Even that is problematic. A 98% match means there’s a 1 in 50 chance that the sample is not from the person that it’s been matched to. How many cases do you have to cross match with how many felons before you get a false positive? It’s probably not as many as you think, but I don’t have the numbers to do the maths with.
Suggested reading on this topic: https://freakonomics.com/2008/08/are-the-fbis-probabilities-about-dna-matches-crazy/ https://freakonomics.com/2008/08/are-the-fbis-probabilities-...