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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Author -- 1 Forensic Measurements, Metrology, and Uncertainty -- 1.1 Consequence -- 1.2 The Best Way -- 1.3 Measurement Science and Traceability -- 1.4 Accuracy and Variability -- 1.5 Foundational Skills and Materials -- 1.6 Summary and Preview -- References -- 2 Sources of Uncertainty -- 2.1 Where Does Uncertainty Come From? -- 2.2 Diameter of a Penny -- 2.3 Weighing Pennies -- 2.4 The Need to Know -- 2.5 A Flowchart -- 2.6 The Elephant in the Room -- 2.7 Summary -- Further Reading -- 3 Foundational Concepts -- 3.1 Closeness to the True Value -- 3.2 Replicate Measurements and Spread -- 3.3 The Normal Distribution (and Others) -- 3.4 Figures of Merit -- 3.5 Summary and Preview -- References -- 4 Process and Procedures -- 4.1 Uncertainty Defined -- 4.2 Process of Uncertainty Estimation -- 4.3 Tools for Identifying Contributors: Measurement of�Density -- 4.4 Summary and Preview -- References -- 5 Measurement Assurance: Distances, Crime Scenes, and Firearms -- 5.1 Distance Measurement -- 5.2 Capturing Uncertainty -- 5.3 Firearms Measurements -- 5.4 Summary and Preview -- References -- 6 Uncertainty and�Weighing -- 6.1 How Balances Work -- 6.2 Buoyancy -- 6.3 Uncertainty Associated with the Balance -- 6.4 Balance Calibration -- 6.5 Uncertainty Budget with Balance Parameters -- 6.6 Uncertainty Budget with Parameters from a Calibration Certicfiate -- 6.7 Measurement Assurance and Control Chart Approach -- 6.8 Control Charts -- 6.9 Correlation of Events -- 6.10 Correlation and Weighing -- 6.11 Combined Example -- 6.12 Summary and Preview -- References -- 7 Breath Alcohol -- 7.1 Measuring Breath Alcohol -- 7.2 Dry Gas Calibration -- 7.3 Eeffctive Degrees of Freedom -- 7.4 Wet Gas Calibration -- 7.5 Uncertainty and Simulators -- 7.6 Field Use and Uncertainty -- 7.7 Summary and Preview -- References -- 8 Miscellaneous Topics -- 8.1 Quantitative Analysis -- 8.2 Sampling -- 8.3 Sensitivity Coefficients -- 8.4 Uncertainty and Equations -- 8.5 Accuracy and Uncertainty -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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