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William C. Thompson
Researcher at University of California, Irvine
Publications - 85
Citations - 3607
William C. Thompson is an academic researcher from University of California, Irvine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Jury & Context (language use). The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 82 publications receiving 3376 citations. Previous affiliations of William C. Thompson include University of California & Yale University.
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Interpretation of Statistical Evidence in Criminal Trials : The Prosecutor’s Fallacy and the Defense Attorney’s Fallacy*
TL;DR: This paper found that the majority of the subjects failed to detect the error in one or both of the arguments and made judgments consistent with fallacious reasoning, and a comparison of subjects' judgments to Bayesian norms revealed a general tendency to underutilize the statistical evidence.
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Judgmental biases resulting from differing availabilities of arguments.
TL;DR: In this article, a sample of facts from the population of potentially recallable facts relevant to assessing John's fatherhood potential are used to decide whether or not John would be a good father.
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The Daubert/Kumho Implications of Observer Effects in Forensic Science: Hidden Problems of Expectation and Suggestion
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the phenomoenon of observer effects and the vulnerability of forensic science examinations to such observer effects, concluding that forensic science practice is far behind most scientific fields in controlling observer effects.
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The Daubert/Kumho Implications of Observer Effects in Forensic Science: Hidden Problems of Expectation and Suggestion
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the phenomoenon of observer effects and the vulnerability of forensic science examinations to such observer effects, concluding that forensic science practice is far behind most scientific fields in controlling observer effects.
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The effects of death qualification on jurors' predisposition to convict and on the quality of deliberation
TL;DR: This article found that people who are permitted to serve on juries in capital cases (death-qualified jurors) are more likely to convict a defendant than those who are excluded from serving on capital juries due to their unwillingness to impose the death penalty (excludable jurors).