Chapter 1

Analytical Skills

The ability to identify a concept or problem, to isolate its component parts, to organize information for decision making, to establish criteria for evaluation, and to draw appropriate conclusions

Deductive Reasoning

Deriving the consequences from the facts using a series of logical steps

Eyewitness

A person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts

Fact

A statement or assertion of information that can be verified

Forensic

Relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal questions

Logical

Conclusions drawn from assumptions and known facts

Observation

What a person perceives using his or her senses

Perception

Interpreting information received from the senses