Polygraphs in the Workplace: Hearing Before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session ... June 19, 1987 |
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... agencies and Government agencies combined . While polygraphs are degrading and intimidating , the worst fea- ture about them , of course , is that they just do not work . Even sup- porters of polygraphs admit that they are wrong at ...
... agencies and Government agencies combined . While polygraphs are degrading and intimidating , the worst fea- ture about them , of course , is that they just do not work . Even sup- porters of polygraphs admit that they are wrong at ...
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... agencies year -- combined . To honest workers who just want to get or keep their jobs , a polygraph test can be frightening and humiliating . Electrodes are attached to the worker's fingers , a blood pressure cuff is wrapped around one ...
... agencies year -- combined . To honest workers who just want to get or keep their jobs , a polygraph test can be frightening and humiliating . Electrodes are attached to the worker's fingers , a blood pressure cuff is wrapped around one ...
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... agencies because the polygraph testing and scoring methods currently used in personnel screening have never been shown to be valid tests of truthfulness . Polygraph testing fails to fulfill scientific principles because it does not have ...
... agencies because the polygraph testing and scoring methods currently used in personnel screening have never been shown to be valid tests of truthfulness . Polygraph testing fails to fulfill scientific principles because it does not have ...
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... agencies alone , over 23,000 polygraph tests have been performed . However , this great increase in the polygraph's use has arisen in spite of the fact that the scientific validity underlying the polygraph test has not been established ...
... agencies alone , over 23,000 polygraph tests have been performed . However , this great increase in the polygraph's use has arisen in spite of the fact that the scientific validity underlying the polygraph test has not been established ...
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... agencies as a preemployment test until polygraph testing and its scoring as currently used in personnel screening can be shown to be valid with a high level of predictability . research to a much greater extent than is now planned ...
... agencies as a preemployment test until polygraph testing and its scoring as currently used in personnel screening can be shown to be valid with a high level of predictability . research to a much greater extent than is now planned ...
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