Decision Accuracy for the Relevant-Irrelevant Screening Test: Influence of an Algorithm on Human Decision-Making

• Authors: Donald J. Krapohl , Walt Goodson
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

EN

Relevant-Irrelevant Screening Test; Relevant-Irrelevant Test; Accuracy of R-I list; Screening; decision-making

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: European Polygraph
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 189-208

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2015

online

12 - 2 - 2016

Contributors

author

Donald J. Krapohl

• American Polygraph Association United States

author

Walt Goodson

• American Polygraph Association United States

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ep-2015-0007