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LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAM - SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT, SAMPLES 1-5

NCJ Number
41146
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1975
Length
25 pages
Annotation
THIS REPORT IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF SUPPLEMENTARY REPORTS WHICH EVALUATE RESULTS FROM A GROUPING OF SAMPLES USED IN THIS STUDY OF THE PROFICIENCY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES.
Abstract
THE PROFICIENCY TESTING PROJECT, INITIATED IN THE FALL OF 1974, IS A RESEARCH STUDY OF HOW TO PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE SPECIFIC SAMPLES; HOW TO ANALYZE LABORATORY RESULTS, AND HOW TO REPORT THOSE RESULTS IN A MEANINGFUL MANNER. PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY AND ANONYMOUS, AND INVOLVES APPROXIMATELY 240 LABORATORIES. TO DATE, 21 SAMPLES OF EVIDENCE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. THE SAMPLES IN THIS VOLUME INCLUDE A DRUG, FIREARMS, BLOOD, GLASS, AND AUTOMOBILE PAINT. FOR RESULTS OF OTHER TEST SAMPLE ANALYSES, SEE NCJ-41147 AND 41148. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB