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Population frequency database

The reference dataset from which the denominator of a fingerprint likelihood ratio is estimated: the frequency with which a given configuration of minutiae features appears in a large sample of fingers drawn from the relevant population. The size and representativeness of this database is the primary statistical criticism of FRStat.

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