Getting Rid of Dichotomous Sex Estimations: Why Logistic Regression Should be Preferred Over Discriminant Function Analysis
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Forensic Sciences
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0022-1198,1556-4029
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14482