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Statement analysis

Statement analysis, also called scientific content analysis (SCAN), is a pseudoscientific technique for analyzing the words people use to try to determine if what they said is accurate. Proponents claim this technique can be used to detect concealed information, missing information, embedded confessions and whether the information that person has…

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Aldert VrijGround truthLie detectionPresumption of guiltJunk science
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related to About · 16
Statement analysis → Canada, CBCA, Countries, Germany, However, More, One, Related, Studies, SVA, Sweden, The, The Netherlands, The SVA, UK, United States
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Statement analysis → Avinoam Sapir, FBI, Mark McClishStatement, SA, SCAN, Stan BurkeLaw Enforcement Bulletin, Web
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Statement analysisis adifferent technique for analyzing the words people use called0.90text
The Netherlandsinstance ofa meta-analytic review found CBCA criteria to be a valid technique for discriminating between memories of real self-experienced events and invented or false accounts.Countries0.80text
Germanyinstance ofa meta-analytic review found CBCA criteria to be a valid technique for discriminating between memories of real self-experienced events and invented or false accounts.Countries0.80text
Sweden use these techniques as scientific evidence in courtinstance ofa meta-analytic review found CBCA criteria to be a valid technique for discriminating between memories of real self-experienced events and invented or false accounts.Countries0.80text
the United Statesinstance ofcountries0.80text
Canadainstance ofcountries0.80text
the UK do not consider these techniques as legally valid evidence in courtinstance ofcountries0.80text
Statement analysisrelated to AboutRelated0.60section
Statement analysisrelated to AboutSVA0.60section
Statement analysisrelated to AboutThe SVA0.60section
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