Assignment:
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
How would you determine a validity standard for a new forensic science technology as a means of determining admissibility in a criminal court of law?
What do you see as differences between the testimony of an expert on the basis of evidence, as opposed to testimony reflecting hearsay?
Assignment Content:
Write a 1,400 to 2,100 word paper that addresses each step of the scientific method in relation to forensic science, providing examples of how each step is incorporated into the criminal investigation process:
Observation and description of a phenomenon or a group of phenomena
Formulation of a hypothesis or hypotheses to explain the phenomena
Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to quantitatively predict the results of new observations
Performance of tests of predictions by several independent experimenters
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.