Incorporating Allelic Dropout

Abstract

The inclusion of a possibility of dropout into the calculation is an indispensable and important part of correct forensic procedure. We analysed several problems which the forensic statistics solves: determination of the drop-out probability, inclusion of this probability correctly into the calculation of weight of evidence and, where appropriate, dealing with the repeat measurement of the sample. The deep understanding of these issues can help partially remove the uncertainty and imprecision in the interpretation process.