title: Forensic likelihood ratio: Statistical problems and pitfalls.
abstract: This article is a response to the position papers published in the Science & Justice virtual special issue on measuring and reporting the precision of forensic likelihood ratios. I point out a number of serious statistical errors in some of these papers. These issues need to be properly addressed before the philosophical debate can be conducted in earnest.
authors.affiliation: Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WB, UK. Electronic address: apd@statslab.cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: A Philip
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dawid
keywords: Bayes factor; Estimation; Forensic; Likelihood ratio