Anthropology 2235A/B Quiz: Lecture 32 – Expert Witness Testimony
2 Jul 2012
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Weight of evidence under daubert and mohan: belief that scientific data have greater weight than testimonial evidence for several reasons. Less fallible to honest errors (e. g. eyewitness accounts) In trials regardless of the technique there are three possibilities. Exclusion = absolute disassociation; most methods can provide this. Inclusion = match that will have varying degrees of scientific strength from qualitative opinion (discernible uniqueness) to statistical evaluation. Inconclusive = evidence is too sparse or some. Testify as impartially as possible (impartiality: 3. Appearance and manner of presentation important: 4. Speak, slowly clearly and examples the jury members are likely to understand (e. g. not femur but thigh bone: 6.
