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E39: How biased are incident investigators?
Season 1
Episode 39
Published 1 year ago
Description
Investigations are reputed to be 'fact finding' exercises: objective searches for facts and truth.
How what role does investigator bias play in constructing the incident findings?
Today's article is: MacLean, C. L., & Dror, I. E. (2023). Measuring base-rate bias error in workplace safety investigators. Journal of safety research, 84, 108-116.
More research at SafetyInsights.Org
Intro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)
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