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Directed Lie Comparison Questions

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This paper is to explain the scientific study probable lie comparison questions versus directed lie comparison question. There will also be an explanation of sensitivity, specificity, false positive errors, false negative errors, and the significance of diagnostic and screening test in polygraph. Sensitivity is the ability to detect or notice the issue, (deception); and specificity is the ability to reject non-involved cases (truthful). A false positive occurs when an examinee is telling the truth and the polygraph indicates deception; this can occur when an examinee is nervous. On the other hand a false negative when a deceptive examinee is reported as truthful; this may occur when an examinee is using countermeasures to indicate truthfulness.

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