We know that DNA test results are 99.99% accurate, but what about human error? How many people have the knowledge to accurately read DNA tests?
by 
LoveZCatZ
ANSWERS: 1
-
What results are you quoting that are 99.99% accurate? DNA tests are used for a number of purposes (paternity tests, rape investigations, scene-of-crime tests). For some such purposes, given a large sample of good quality, and when the tests are properly conducted, the tests are very accurate indeed. But that sentence contained a lot of qualifiers. Any test claim of 99.99% accuracy must have implicit in it "provided the tests are performed without error". Human error can much up any test. Similarly, scene-of crime tests with small samples which might have been comtaminated are much more prone to error than tests using samples taken by qualified staff using sterile equipment.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC