Across
- 1. agreement to true value
- 2. a method of inquiry
- 3. Presence of objectivity
- 8. international organization for accrediting bodies
- 10. governs the OSAC
- 11. the ability to apply knowledge and skills to achieve intended results
- 12. produced Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A path forward
- 14. the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics of an object fulfils requirements
- 16. ISO 17020 standards relate to those performing this
- 17. Level 2 standard
- 19. testing to evaluate the performance of providers
- 22. Admissibility ruling based on “general acceptance”
- 23. provides a plethora of discipline specific level 3 standards
- 25. the science of measurement
- 28. element that sets provisions in a standard
Down
- 1. Third-party attestation conveying formal demonstration of competence to carry out specific tasks
- 3. international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists
- 4. inferential method which starts from an observation then seeks to find the simplest and most likely explanation
- 5. Assigning an item of evidence to a class of one
- 6. Assign an item to a smaller class
- 7. the ability to apply knowledge and skills to achieve intended results
- 9. this testing includes comparative tests
- 13. this testing includes qualitative and quantitative tests
- 15. number of recommendations made by NRC
- 18. full analysis and report on what went wrong
- 20. established initiative to accredit individual certification organizations to ISO 17024
- 21. granted for participants under safe harbor
- 24. Level 4 standard
- 26. intentional departure from accepted practice
- 27. primary accreditation board in US