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limitations of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA). Private citizens in matters not involving the legal or criminal justice system. . In a specific issue polygraph examination the relevant questions focus on the particular act under investigation. Who Gets Results - According to the various state licensing laws and the American Polygraph Association's Standards and Principles of Practice, polygraph results can be released only to authorized persons. Generally those individuals who can receive test results are the examinee, and anyone specifically designated in writing by the examinee, the person, firm, corporation or governmental agency which requested the examination, and others as may be required by due process of law. Why Critics figures vary? One of the problems in discussing accuracy figures and the difference between the statistics quoted by proponents and opponents of the polygraph figures vary technique is the way that the figures are calculated. At the risk of oversimplification, critics, who often don't understand polygraph testing, classify inconclusive test results as errors. In the real life setting an inconclusive result simply means that the examiner is unable to render a definitive diagnosis. In such cases a second examination is usually conducted at a later date. To illustrate how the inclusion of inconclusive test results |
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Polygraph Testing |
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Polygraph Tests use 3 physiological measurements of the human body while under direct questioning. Blood pressure, rate and depth of breathing and perspiration of the skin (sweating). |
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The U.S. Government sponsors polygraphs. |
