Beliefs about error rates and human judgment in forensic science
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Error and its meaning in forensic science.
The discussion of "error" has gained momentum in forensic science in the wake of the Daubert guidelines and has intensified with the National Academy of Sciences' Report. Error has many different meanings, and too often, forensic practitioners themselves as well as the courts misunderstand scientific error and statistical error rates, often confusing them with practitioner error (or mistakes). ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Forensic Science International
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0379-0738
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.034