Judges faced with disputes over the admissibility of scientific and technical evidence refer to the manual to help them better understand and evaluate the relevance, reliability and usefulness of the evidence being proffered. A howto guide terry sp ear, john rush, jerry massetti, jim. The reference manual on scientific evidence, third edition, assists. First published in 1994 by the federal judicial center, the reference manual on scientific evidence has been relied upon in the legal and academic communities and is often cited by various courts and others.
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