THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING: Considerations Following Daubert, Kumho, and Joiner

Family Court Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-213

  Medoff, David ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daubert; evidence; expert testimony; forensic psychological testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844478830     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.174-1617.2003.tb00884.x     Document Type: Article

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