The effect of sampling variability on overall performance and individual speakers’ behaviour in likelihood ratio-based forensic voice comparison

Authors

  • Bruce Xiao Wang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.23731

Keywords:

forensic voice comparison, likelihood ratio, sampling variability, uncertainty

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Published

2022-11-03

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How to Cite

Wang, B. X. (2022). The effect of sampling variability on overall performance and individual speakers’ behaviour in likelihood ratio-based forensic voice comparison. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law, 29(1), 99–103. https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.23731