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Forensics is the only field of study I can think of where double blind studies aren’t routinely done.
by qrbLPHiKpiux 8y ago
Forensics is the only field of study I can think of where double blind studies aren’t routinely done.
- module0000 8y agoThat's disturbing! Why is that?
- ChrisRackauckas 8y agoBecause it wouldn't pass.
- module0000 8y agoI hoped that wouldn't be the answer :(
- sigstoat 8y agothis is nonsense. there are certainly a number of forensic fields which are garbage. other portions are fine, and are effectively analytical chemistry applied to legal cases. are you aware of a lot of double blind studies in analytical chemistry? what would that even mean?
- kd0amg 8y agoHow much of the conclusions drawn from these investigative techniques are justified entirely by analytic chemistry, and how much goes beyond that? Using an example from a related article, there's a substantial difference between being able to say what's the chemical element composition of a particular bullet and being able to identify the particular manufacturing facility and batch it came from. The latter relies on a whole lot of assumptions about the ammunition industry.
- imh 8y ago>what would that even mean? I gave an example at the top level comment. Apply the test (blind) to known innocent samples too, and see whether it implicates them.