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AntiPolygraph.org Message Board › Polygraph and CVSA Forums › Polygraph Policy › Add Poll ( Re: What is the % rate of poly failures? )

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Posted by: George W. Maschke
Posted on: Jun 5^th, 2004 at 11:33am

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Abe,

I don't know what the false positive rates of any particular polygraph screening programs are. Determining a false positive rate would be difficult because those who "fail" typically cannot prove they didn't lie (one cannot prove a negative). In addition, agencies that rely on polygraph screening don't publish estimated false positive rates.

However, one can reasonably infer that an agency's false positive rate will be directly proportional to the overall failure rate and inversely proportional to the base rate of guilt among the population being screened for a particular behavior.

Posted by: Abraham Posted on: Jun 5^th, 2004 at 9:24am	Mark & Quote Quote
George: No offense, but I believe that you failed to address the part of his question concerning "false positives". Could you please address that if you would be so kind. Thank you, Abe

Posted by: George W. Maschke
Posted on: May 29^th, 2004 at 7:23am

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Polygraph failure rates vary widely depending on the agency and polygraph program involved. For example, the failure rate for the Department of Defense's counterintelligence-scope screening program is very low: it seems the only persons who "fail" are those who make substantive admissions. By contrast, the failure rate for the FBI's pre-employment screening program is about 50%. But the failure rate for the FBI counterintelligence-scope screening program (of current employees) is reportedly close to 1%.

Posted by: stan blovosky Posted on: May 25^th, 2004 at 10:48pm	Mark & Quote Quote
Just curious if anyone has a good idea of the percentage of false positives on a poly, or the percentage of failures in general.

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