It also generally takes a fairly long series of polygraph tests to calibrate to an individual person. A single polygraph, even with a trained professional, is unlikely to be reliable. If a person had been the subject of repeated tests by the same administrator, the reliability tends to go up, if the administrator is good.
Judah On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > that's part of it. Also its not difficult to fool a polygraph - simple > relaxation training is often enough. Then there are the polygraph > examiners. I think in a lot of cases, the training is very minimal, > with the certification, where it exists, is only nominal - more like > paying a fee than anything else. Over all the results are so > subjective that they simply cannot be trusted as far as I'm concerned. > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've not looked into the subject deeply but I've always been under the >> impression that the inaccuracy in polygraphs was because they have a >> tendancy to say you're lying when you're actually being truthful. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 4:38 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Harry Reiiiiiiiiiiid - It's Hard Out Here for a Politician >> >> >> Which one? >> >> That said, anyone who thinks that a polygraph is any serious indicator >> of truth needs to get an education. >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
