LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAM - SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT, SAMPLES 1-5

• NCJ Number: 41146
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 25 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-NI-99-0048
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Forensic Sciences Foundation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF SUPPLEMENTARY REPORTS WHICH EVALUATE RESULTS FROM A GROUPING OF SAMPLES USED IN THIS STUDY OF THE PROFICIENCY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES.

Abstract

THE PROFICIENCY TESTING PROJECT, INITIATED IN THE FALL OF 1974, IS A RESEARCH STUDY OF HOW TO PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE SPECIFIC SAMPLES; HOW TO ANALYZE LABORATORY RESULTS, AND HOW TO REPORT THOSE RESULTS IN A MEANINGFUL MANNER. PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY AND ANONYMOUS, AND INVOLVES APPROXIMATELY 240 LABORATORIES. TO DATE, 21 SAMPLES OF EVIDENCE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. THE SAMPLES IN THIS VOLUME INCLUDE A DRUG, FIREARMS, BLOOD, GLASS, AND AUTOMOBILE PAINT. FOR RESULTS OF OTHER TEST SAMPLE ANALYSES, SEE NCJ-41147 AND 41148. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB