Course#: 11

Category: Litigation Challenges

Field of Study: Business Law

Audience: HR Managers, HR Generalists

Level of Difficulty: Advanced

Delivery Method: Self-Study

Prerequisites: Some college level courses with moderate algebraic training

Advanced Preparation: None

Overview:
This course introduces an analyst to the evolving Daubert criteria for the admissibility of expert witness testimony in litigation matters. We take a look at junk science and how judges determine validity and reliability in court cases. This course focuses on the presentation of data that must meet Daubert criteria for relevance, validity and reliability. We discuss presentation of statistics, standard deviation and standard error in expert witness testimony.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how the Carmichael, Daubert and Frye court cases impact expert witness testimony
  
• Explain how the four Daubert tests are used to eliminate junk science expert witness testimony in litigation matters
  
• Develop an analysis of salary survey statistics using the Daubert criteria for relevance, validity and reliability
  
• Describe how the standard deviation formula is used to find standard error for statistics used in expert witness testimony

Credit and Professional Continuing Education Information:

• Job and Compensation Analyst (JCA)
• PHR/GPHR/SPHR (SHRM)
• CCP/CBP/GRP (WorldatWork)
• CRCC (Rehabilitation Counselors)
• Compensation Committee Certification (CCC)
• CPE QAS Self-Study (CPAs)
• Authors

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