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Forensics ch. one
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| forensics | relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions. |
| observations | What a person perceives using his or her senses |
| perception | interpreting information received from the senses |
| fact | statement or assertion of information that can be verified |
| eyewitness | person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts. |
| logical | conclusions drawn from assumptions and known facts |
| opinion | personal belief founded on judgement rather than on direct experience or knowledge |
| analytical skills | the ability to identify a concept or problem, to isolate its component parts, to organize information for decision making, to establish criteria for evaluation, and to draw appropriate conclusions |
| deductive reasoning | deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps |
| quantitative data | data involving a number or mesasuremnt |
| qualitative data | data that can be observed (color, shape, etc) |
| 5 senses | see, hear, taste, touch, smell |
| how information is processed in the brain | info from senses, what we pay attention to, perception, short term memory, long term memory |
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