Redirect examination of Dr. Terence Speed (part 2)

📄 Redirect examination of Dr. Terence Speed (part 2) — Tuesday, August 8, 1995

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◀ Recross-examination of Dr. Terence Speed Sidebar: witness examination and conduct ▶

Witness: Dr. Terence Speed
Examiner: Peter Neufeld
Called by: Defense • Date: Tuesday, August 8, 1995 • Lines: 11

In a brief redirect, defense attorney Neufeld asked Dr. Speed whether his position that external blind proficiency testing is necessary for presenting an appropriate error rate had been strongly recommended by the National Research Council and his colleagues in the statistics community. Speed answered affirmatively. The examination consisted of a few targeted questions about those recommendations.

# 1 MR. COCHRAN:

I'm sorry.

FURTHER REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. NEUFELD

# 2 MR. NEUFELD:

Mr. Harmon asked you whether or not your requirement that the error rates be based on external blind proficiency testing was an objection you had as to the form of the testing. Do you recall that?

# 3 PROF. SPEED:

Could you state that again. An objection--

# 4 MR. NEUFELD:

Okay. Do you remember whether--I don't mean in the legal sense, sir. I mean do you remember when Mr. Harmon was asking you a few minutes ago whether or not your opinion that external blind proficiency testing is a necessity is a precondition for presenting an appropriate error rate, whether he asked you was that simply, you know, your opinion. Do you remember that?

# 5 PROF. SPEED:

I do remember that.

# 6 MR. NEUFELD:

Okay. Is that also something which has been strongly recommended by the national research council?

# 7 PROF. SPEED:

Certainly. It was in the quotes we read out.

KEY QUOTE

# 8 MR. NEUFELD:

Has both the necessity of external blind proficiency testing in error rates been strongly recommended by your colleagues in the statistics community?

# 9 PROF. SPEED:

Yes.

# 10 MR. NEUFELD:

Thank you.

# 11 MR. HARMON:

Nothing further, your Honor.

Temperature

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Key Quotes (1)

Dr. Terence Speed

Certainly. It was in the quotes we read out.

Speed ties his requirement for external blind proficiency testing to a National Research Council recommendation, showing that the position was not merely his personal preference.

Evidence (1)

Informal

National Research Council recommendation concerning external blind proficiency testing as a precondition for presenting an appropriate error rate

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Notable Exchanges (1)

Peter Neufeld•Dr. Terence Speed

Neufeld asks whether Speed's view that external blind proficiency testing is necessary for presenting an appropriate error rate had been strongly recommended by the National Research Council and his colleagues in the statistics community; Speed confirms both points.

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Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7244 • 11 lines • Defense witness

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