tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post7375275925944759042..comments2024-03-20T19:17:02.285-07:00Comments on IN THE NEWS: The curious story of 'a reasonable degree of professional certainty'Karen Franklin, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-30996346983840680332020-11-23T12:02:00.746-08:002020-11-23T12:02:00.746-08:00A reasonable degree of scientific certainty? There...A reasonable degree of scientific certainty? There are no degrees of certainty. Something is either certain or uncertain. In forming an opinion, an expert realizes there is always error in the methods used to come up with a conclusion. Thus, the presence of error always means a conclusion can never be absolute. If psychological tests are used the error can be quantified and is quite small. The error introduced by a clinician, however, can be quite large and not as easily recognized. For example, the so-called "hired gun" may introduce significant error that affects his/her conclusion. Dr. Fred Klugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-79140219120722141322017-07-19T22:22:45.839-07:002017-07-19T22:22:45.839-07:00I really love judicial psychologyI really love judicial psychologyFabiano Porteirohttps://peritocontabiljudicial.blogspot.com.br/noreply@blogger.com