When a polygraph test is judged inconclusive, this is no reflection on the examinee. Rather, such a judgment means that the test has failed to show whether the examinee was truthful or untruthful. Nevertheless, employers will sometimes refuse to hire a job applicant because of an inconclusive polygraph test result.
can you please tell what does it mean "this is no reflection on the examinee" . what kind of reflection they are talking about here ?
I am also surprised to see that for a job hiring there are polygraph test !!!
As per my information , polygraph tests are performed on criminals to get secret information .
2007-12-29 03:54:30 · 7 answers · asked by sanko 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's usually determined by the examiner, who has failed to recognize the specifics of their assignment. Polygraph testing is more of an art than an exact science and requires a degree of interpretation vs just reading questions and watching the machine react to the answers.
If it's that important a position, have them request the polygraph test be redone since it was inconclusive the first time.
2007-12-29 04:00:18 · answer #1 · answered by D J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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When a polygraph test is judged inconclusive, this is no reflection on the examinee. Rather, such a judgment means that the test has failed to show whether the examinee was truthful or untruthful. Nevertheless, employers will sometimes refuse to hire a job applicant because of an inconclusive...
2015-08-07 16:36:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must be in the USA. Sadly, employers can reject applicants based on the results of a ouiji board if they want to.
Polygraph tests are no more or less accurate than if the person testing you dispenses of the machines and just studies you. That's why it is "no reflection on the examinee", the test is purely a personal opinion.
Polygraph tests are an American fetish (which I'm afraid is creeping into the UK) that are supposed to detect lies and are frequently portrayed as being able to detect even the tiniest trace of attempted deception but are in fact 100% unsupported by scientific methodology. They certainly detect changes in stress levels but they do not distinguish between lies, half-lies, half-truths, embarrassment or plain ordinary stress. That's why - thankfully - they are not admissible in court; they are totally unproven to have any scientific merit whatsoever. If you read the history of lie detectors you'll find that it is peppered with scam artists and quacks - and I'm talking about the examiners not the examinees!
2007-12-29 04:13:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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By "reflection" they mean "indication". Your Armani suit reflects your good taste and high salary. Her grades are not a reflection of her intelligence, but of the fact that she never studies. So the fact that the polygraph couldn't give a result doesn't indicate anything about the examinee.
I don't think polygraphs are very common for job applications, no. But it can happen.
2007-12-29 04:08:44 · answer #4 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much depends on the guy deciphering the test from the little squiggling lines, how nervous and hyper the one is that's being tested, etc. etc.
I would never take a polygraph test, they are junk science and not accurate at all.
2007-12-29 04:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Inconclusive" really means you failed. Corporations use them to find out about prior drug use. Government agencies use them to weed out spies.
2007-12-29 03:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're not admissable in court for a reason. they aren't accurate. don't ever take one
2007-12-29 03:57:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋