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Re: Acceptable Level of Certainty
Posted by:
jgmcfps (IP Logged)
Date: February 08, 2007 02:59PM
If applied appropriatly, reaching a "probable" level is based not based on "subjective or speculative methodology" but is a valid result of last step of the scientific process - testing of a hypothesis using cognitive thinking and/or physical experiment.
James G. Munger, PhD, FIFireE, CFPS
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