DCHAS-L Discussion List Archive

There is a new OSHA publication on The Importance of Root Cause Analysis During Incident Investigation available at
https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3895.pdf

There is also a reminder from the Nat Academy of Sciences that
"Recognizing the importance of eyewitness identifications in courts of law and motivated by data showing that at least one erroneous eyewitness identification was associated with almost 75% of cases where defendants were later exonerated by DNA evidence, in 2013 the Laura and John Arnold Foundation asked the National Academy of Sciences to undertake an assessment of the scientific research on eyewitness identification and offer recommendations to improve eyewitness performance. The appointed committee issued its report, Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification, in 2014.

"In order to stimulate new and innovative research on statistical tools and the interrelationships between system and estimator variables, the Arnold Foundation in 2015 again called upon the National Academies. This report describes the development of the request for proposals, the processes followed by the committee as it evaluated he proposals, and the committeeâ??s assessment of the scientific merit and research design of the proposals."

The latest report is available at
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/23633/review-of-proposals-for-research-on-statistical-methodologies-for-assessing-variables-in-eyewitness-performance

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Keene State College

ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

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