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Headings: Anecdotal evidence
Anecdotal evidence
Contents
Introduction
Scientific context
Anecdotal evidence and faulty logic
Law
Scientific evidence as legal evidence
References
Bibliography
See also

Content: Scientific evidence as legal evidence
In certain situations, scientific evidence presented in court must also meet the legal requirements for evidence. For instance, in the United States, expert testimony of witnesses must meet the Daubert Standard. This ruling holds that before evidence is presented to witnesses by experts, the methodology must be "generally accepted" among scientists. In some situations, anecdotal evidence may meet this threshold (such as certain case reports which corroborate or refute other evidence). Miller and Miller (2005) list five standards of proof, by level of evidence : Kind
Level of Evidence
Standard
Regulatory, Legal

Precautionary Principle
Legal - Civil
*
More likely than not
Legal - Civil
**
Clear and convincing
Legal - Criminal
***
Beyond a reasonable doubt
Scientific
****
Irrefutable
Citing situations involving adverse drug reactions, Miller and Miller outline three events related to administration of the drug which can prove specific causation: challenge: the reaction occurs after the drug is given
de-challenge: it resolves when the drug is discontinued
re-challenge: the adverse event recurs when the drug is given a second time. (