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[Introduction of a Standardized "Paternity Index" for the Statistical Evaluation of Blood Group Findings in Paternity Testing (author's transl)]. 1982

W Martin, and V Sachs, and W Weise

The introduction of a standardized paternity in index (PI) for the statistical evaluation of blood group findings in cases of disputed paternity is proposed and explained. Using the PI X/Y as a parameter, it is not necessary to give the probability of paternity in percent. The PI includes the full information of the blood group findings. In addition to that, using the suggested standardization based on the probabilities of error according to Schulte Mönting and Walter, the test volume is also taken into account. The interpretation of the mathematical result is given by verbal predicates, the limitations of which are dependent on the verbal predicates for the probabilities of error according to Schulte Mönting and Walter, published by us previously. Besides the essential fact that the test volume is taken into account, the most important advantage of this procedure is that the mathematical result is involved in the court decision only by the PI (which is free of any valuation) and its verbal predicate and not by sometimes relatively high percentages, which may be misunderstood by laymen.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010334	Paternity	Establishing the father relationship of a man and a child.	Paternities
D011336	Probability	The study of chance processes or the relative frequency characterizing a chance process.	Probabilities
D012015	Reference Standards	A basis of value established for the measure of quantity, weight, extent or quality, e.g. weight standards, standard solutions, methods, techniques, and procedures used in diagnosis and therapy.	Standard Preparations,Standards, Reference,Preparations, Standard,Standardization,Standards,Preparation, Standard,Reference Standard,Standard Preparation,Standard, Reference
D001789	Blood Group Antigens	Sets of cell surface antigens located on BLOOD CELLS. They are usually membrane GLYCOPROTEINS or GLYCOLIPIDS that are antigenically distinguished by their carbohydrate moieties.	Blood Group,Blood Group Antigen,Blood Groups,Antigen, Blood Group,Antigens, Blood Group,Group Antigen, Blood,Group, Blood,Groups, Blood
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013223	Statistics as Topic	Works about the science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation.	Area Analysis,Estimation Technics,Estimation Techniques,Indirect Estimation Technics,Indirect Estimation Techniques,Multiple Classification Analysis,Service Statistics,Statistical Study,Statistics, Service,Tables and Charts as Topic,Analyses, Area,Analyses, Multiple Classification,Area Analyses,Classification Analyses, Multiple,Classification Analysis, Multiple,Estimation Technic, Indirect,Estimation Technics, Indirect,Estimation Technique,Estimation Technique, Indirect,Estimation Techniques, Indirect,Indirect Estimation Technic,Indirect Estimation Technique,Multiple Classification Analyses,Statistical Studies,Studies, Statistical,Study, Statistical,Technic, Indirect Estimation,Technics, Estimation,Technics, Indirect Estimation,Technique, Estimation,Technique, Indirect Estimation,Techniques, Estimation,Techniques, Indirect Estimation