What Aspects of Eyewitness Identification Are Forensic Psychologists Willing to Testify

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Essay

What aspects of eyewitness identification are forensic psychologists willing to testify about (i.e. ,what do psychologists consider reliable enough to testify about)?

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Definitions:

Equal Chance

A condition in probability where every outcome in a sample space is equally likely to occur.

Observations

The act of monitoring or recording data during an experiment or study.

Stratified Random Sampling

A sampling technique where the population is divided into distinct subgroups and samples are drawn from each subgroup.

Simple Random Sample

A sample in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected, minimizing biases in the sampling process.