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Re: If you were a Judge
Posted by: dcarpenter (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2007 06:02AM

I think the answer to your question is really nothing new. I would want to know if the expert used a reliable methodology to reach his/her opinions. While this may seem like a general test, there are many elements are are frequently not addressed by the gatekeeping process. Assuming that the methodology was the scientific method, I would want to know if the expert tested his/her hypothesis against ALL of the available data? For example, can the hypohtesis explain the victims uptake of products of combustion and explain how they died in a fatal fire? The use of blood toxicity data is frequently ignored with respect to the analysis of the fire. An additional missing element of the testing of hypotheses (in my experience) has been testing the hypothesis against the available scientific literature.

Douglas J. Carpenter, MScFPE, CFEI, PE, FSFPE
Vice President & Principal Engineer
Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc.
8940 Old Annapolis Road, Suite L
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 884-3266
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  If you were a Judge 1952 Russaus 05/18/2007 07:30AM
  Re: If you were a Judge 1095 dcarpenter 05/24/2007 06:02AM
  Re: If you were a Judge 929 Russaus 05/27/2007 01:35AM
  Re: If you were a Judge 985 Gerald Hurst 05/27/2007 02:32PM
  Re: If you were a Judge 945 PMK140 05/27/2007 08:07PM
  Re: If you were a Judge 919 Gerald Hurst 05/28/2007 03:04PM
  Re: If you were a Judge - the hypothesis in full. 1066 Russaus 05/28/2007 09:12PM
  Re: If you were a Judge - the hypothesis in full. 914 PMK140 05/28/2007 10:27PM
  Re: If you were a Judge - the hypothesis in full. 958 John J. Lentini, CFEI 05/30/2007 09:32PM
  Re: If you were a Judge 893 dcarpenter 06/01/2007 06:44AM
  Re: If you were a Judge 872 Gerald Hurst 06/01/2007 11:03PM
  Re: If you were a Judge 866 dcarpenter 06/02/2007 09:05AM
  Re: If you were a Judge 883 Gerald Hurst 06/02/2007 10:57AM
  Re: If you were a Judge 952 Russaus 06/05/2007 03:46AM
  Re: If you were a Judge 853 PMK140 06/05/2007 07:35AM
  Re: If you were a Judge Some 921 citations 901 PMK140 06/05/2007 08:01AM


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