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Annual Inspections Done Without Reference to Manufacturer's Specifications
This is a sample cross-examination of an Ontario CFS scientist on the procedure used to perform an initial factory calibration (or a...
Stephen Biss
May 16, 20188 min read


Change at One Point but Not at Another Point that is Equivalent
This is a sample excerpt from a cross-examination of a Crown expert using data from periodic inspection of an approved instrument. The...
Stephen Biss
Apr 13, 20185 min read


Start By Defining "Reliability" don't focus on "Accuracy"
Purpose: To remind the Court, "thing 1" in 258(1)(c) is unconstitutional under Charter 11(d) (R v St-Onge) but is saved by section 1. To...
Stephen Biss
Apr 6, 20186 min read


3 Consecutive Annual Inspections Reveal a Trend Towards Unreliability
Let's suppose that you obtain, as the result of disclosure or a Freedom of Information application of paper or electronic documents,...
Stephen Biss
Apr 4, 20185 min read


Response Drifts Over Time
In an article relied upon by the SCC in St. Onge, Brian Hodgson stated: Defence lawyers need to educate themselves about the meanings of...
Stephen Biss
Mar 23, 20183 min read


How to Calibrate - Teach an AI - Build the Inverse Logarithmic Calibration Curve
Purpose: To educate the Court about the Analytical Theory of the 8000C Optical Bench including Emitter, Sample Chamber, Dual Detectors,...
Stephen Biss
Feb 28, 20183 min read


What is Accuracy? Techniques to Enhance Accuracy
Purpose: To develop the concept that, in metrology, accuracy is not a number. It is something that we work towards. It does not make...
Stephen Biss
Feb 18, 20182 min read


Causation of Error v. Calculation of Drift in Precision - Evidence Based Assessment of Reliability
What is the purpose in Stinchcombe/McNeil disclosure or O'Connor production of maintenance records and historical data? Crown CFS...
Stephen Biss
Feb 10, 20187 min read
Periodic Inspection Must Be Done Under Stable Lab Conditions
Purpose: To challenge the CFS expert's position that inconvenient data should be excluded for the purpose of calculating precision. To...
Stephen Biss
Feb 1, 20181 min read


Government Scientists Calculate Uncertainty of Measurement - Why Can't We?
Purpose: To obtain admissions about the use of historical control test data by the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto to calculate...
Stephen Biss
Jan 27, 20189 min read


Checking Analytical Variability and Accuracy of the Instrument? Where?
Purpose: To explore the lack of a lab setting when accuracy and precision of the instrument are checked on periodic or annual inspection....
Stephen Biss
Jan 24, 20184 min read


Distorted Concept of "Accuracy", "Precision", and "Reliability"
Purpose: To remind the Court of the concept of "reliability" used by the SCC in St-Onge. To educate the Court as to the definitions of...
Stephen Biss
Jan 22, 20186 min read
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