Calculating the frequency of occurrence of a blood type for a 'random man'.
A scheme is offered for the calculation of blood group frequencies for mixed racial populations. The issue of which population to model is discussed. Consideration is also given to the racial composition of the desired survey and to the rule of mutual independence. The scheme can in many cases be applied to existing data.
Walsh
K
K
Chemistry Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Auckland, New Zealand.
Buckleton
J S
JS
D001499:Bayes Theorem; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001801:Blood Stains; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D044469:Racial Groups