Empirical validation of a family-member prioritization approach to maximize statistical power in missing person cases
In order to prioritize the exhumation of the most informative reference relatives to increase the statistical power of a reference group, a conditional simulation approach for missing person identification that combines both exclusion and inclusion power in reference families has been previously developed. The aim of this study is to empirically validate this approach by comparing its predicted theoretical prioritization model with the observed changes in statistical power in real cases of our laboratory, in which new relatives had already been added.
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Martin Iungman, Sebastian Biagini, Malena Canteros, Luciana Rabitti, Jessica Maggiore, Tamara Samsonowicz, Mariana Herrera Pi ñero Source Type: research