About Subjectivity in Qualitative Data Interpretation

[Body and subjectivity: about anorexia nervosa].

To start with the clinical description of anorexia nervosa is indicative of the difficulty involved not only with regard to its etiology (whether it is an endocrine, neurological or psychological disorder) but also with regard to its diagnosis (whether or not it is a hysterical disorder, whether or not it is a disease as such) and with regard to its treatment (the stubbornness of the symptom). ...

Subjectivity and bias in forensic DNA mixture interpretation.

The objectivity of forensic science decision making has received increased attention and scrutiny. However, there are only a few published studies experimentally addressing the potential for contextual bias. Because of the esteem of DNA evidence, it is important to study and assess the impact of subjectivity and bias on DNA mixture interpretation. The study reported here presents empirical data...

"Stand and unfold yourself ": The subjectivity of interpretation in Hamlet

Title: “Managing Subjectivity in Qualitative Risk Assessment of Communication Networks

Security assessments for communication networks play an important risk management role because they allow risks to be prioritized for mitigation or risk acceptance. Qualitative risk assessments that involve intangible elements require the subjective judgment of the security analyst completing the risk assessment and this may lead to low confidence in the results due to a perception that evaluat...

Qualitative Probabilities for Image Interpretation

Two basic problems in image interpretation are: a) determining which interpretations are the most plausible amoungst many possibilities; and b) controlling the search for plausible interpretations. We address these issues using a Bayesian approach, with the plausibility ordering and search pruning based on the posterior probabilities of interpretations. However, due to the need for detailed qua...