Hall and player Flashcards

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What was the aim of this study

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to test if the type of crime affect a finger print experts judgement.

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What was the IV

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context of crime
low context - forgery
high context - murder

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what was the DV

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if they read the crime scene report before a print examination.
judgement of print - match or not

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Detail the sample

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Volunteer sample of 70 experts working at met fingerprint bureau

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outline procedure

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fingerprint experts given sets of prints and asked to match the prints. some were given fraud and some were given murder.

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what were the results

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high context - 52% affected
low context - 6% affected

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