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Stephen Biss
May 16, 20188 min read
Annual Inspections Done Without Reference to Manufacturer's Specifications
This is a sample cross-examination of an Ontario CFS scientist on the procedure used to perform an initial factory calibration (or a...
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Stephen Biss
Apr 13, 20185 min read
Change at One Point but Not at Another Point that is Equivalent
This is a sample excerpt from a cross-examination of a Crown expert using data from periodic inspection of an approved instrument. The...
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Stephen Biss
Apr 6, 20186 min read
Start By Defining "Reliability" don't focus on "Accuracy"
Purpose: To remind the Court, "thing 1" in 258(1)(c) is unconstitutional under Charter 11(d) (R v St-Onge) but is saved by section 1. To...
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Stephen Biss
Apr 4, 20185 min read
3 Consecutive Annual Inspections Reveal a Trend Towards Unreliability
Let's suppose that you obtain, as the result of disclosure or a Freedom of Information application of paper or electronic documents,...
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Stephen Biss
Mar 23, 20183 min read
Response Drifts Over Time
In an article relied upon by the SCC in St. Onge, Brian Hodgson stated: Defence lawyers need to educate themselves about the meanings of...
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Stephen Biss
Feb 28, 20183 min read
How to Calibrate - Teach an AI - Build the Inverse Logarithmic Calibration Curve
Purpose: To educate the Court about the Analytical Theory of the 8000C Optical Bench including Emitter, Sample Chamber, Dual Detectors,...
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Stephen Biss
Feb 18, 20182 min read
What is Accuracy? Techniques to Enhance Accuracy
Purpose: To develop the concept that, in metrology, accuracy is not a number. It is something that we work towards. It does not make...
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Stephen Biss
Feb 10, 20187 min read
Causation of Error v. Calculation of Drift in Precision - Evidence Based Assessment of Reliability
What is the purpose in Stinchcombe/McNeil disclosure or O'Connor production of maintenance records and historical data? Crown CFS...
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Stephen Biss
Feb 1, 20181 min read
Periodic Inspection Must Be Done Under Stable Lab Conditions
Purpose: To challenge the CFS expert's position that inconvenient data should be excluded for the purpose of calculating precision. To...
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Stephen Biss
Jan 27, 20189 min read
Government Scientists Calculate Uncertainty of Measurement - Why Can't We?
Purpose: To obtain admissions about the use of historical control test data by the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto to calculate...
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Stephen Biss
Jan 24, 20184 min read
Checking Analytical Variability and Accuracy of the Instrument? Where?
Purpose: To explore the lack of a lab setting when accuracy and precision of the instrument are checked on periodic or annual inspection....
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Stephen Biss
Jan 22, 20186 min read
Distorted Concept of "Accuracy", "Precision", and "Reliability"
Purpose: To remind the Court of the concept of "reliability" used by the SCC in St-Onge. To educate the Court as to the definitions of...
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