Transcription of Validity, Reliability, and Quality Assurance
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Chapter 3 validity , reliability , andQuality Assurance Science is one of the very few human activities in which errors are systematically criticized andfairly often, in time, corrected. Sir Karl R. Popper1902- In most cases, reasonable prudence is in fact common prudence; but strictly it is never itsmeasure; a whole calling may have unduly lagged in the adoption of new and available devices. It nevermay set its own tests, however persuasive be its usages. Courts must in the end say what is required;there are precautions so imperative that even their universal disregard will not excuse their omission. Justice HolmesThe Hooper, 60 737 (2d Cir. 1932) The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one hasrecognized to be true. Albert Einstein1879-1955 CONTENTSPageVALIDITY AND reliability OF DNA TECHNOLOGIES.
60 Genetic Witness:Forensic Uses of DNA Tests Similar validation studies for PCR are being per-formed (18,25,82). A second aspect of DNA testing of forensic samples is reliability.
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