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Chapter 4 THE TRUTH VERIFIER 53
The Dawning of the Age of Truth 54
Is There a Truth Verifier? 60
The Current Status of the
Specific Lie Response 		63
Chapter 5 EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE 67
The Limitations of Expert Opinion 68
How Polygraph-Induced Confessions
Mislead Polygraphers 		70
Lykken's Law 74
Reliability versus Validity 76
Assessing Lie Detector Validity 84
Determining Ground Truth 85
Summary 88
Part II LIE DETECTION: THE METHODS 89
Chapter 6 THE CLINICAL LIE TEST: THE EXAMINER
AS "LIE DETECTOR" 93
Subjective Scoring and "Behavior Symptoms" 95
Assumptions of the Clinical
Polygraph Examination 		98
Validity of the Clinical Lie Test 104
Verdict 106
Chapter 7 THE RELEVANT/IRRELEVANT (R/I) TEST 109
Assumptions of the R/I Test 110
Validity of the R/I Test 112
Verdict 113
Chapter 8 THE CONTROL QUESTION TEST (CQT) 115
A Genuine Control Question Test 117
Assumptions of the Control Question Test 119
Some Real-Life Examples 124

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Publication Information: Book Title: A Tremor in the Blood: Uses and Abuses of the Lie Detector. Contributors: David T. Lykken - author. Publisher: Perseus Publishing (Current Publisher: Perseus Publishing). Place of Publication: Reading, MA. Publication Year: 1998. Page Number: x.
    
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