Title: Evidence - Wikipedia
Headings: Evidence
Evidence
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Intellectual evidence (the evident)
Empirical evidence (in science)
Law
Collection
Presentation
Burden of proof
Types
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Content: When evidence is contradictory to predicted expectations, the evidence and the ways of making it are often closely scrutinized (see experimenter's regress) and only at the end of this process is the hypothesis rejected: this can be referred to as ' refutation of the hypothesis'. The rules for evidence used by science are collected systematically in an attempt to avoid the bias inherent to anecdotal evidence . Law
An FBI Evidence Response Team gathering evidence by dusting an area for fingerprints
Main article: Evidence (law)
In law, the production and presentation of evidence depend first on establishing on whom the burden of proof lies. Admissible evidence is that which a court receives and considers for the purposes of deciding a particular case. Two primary burden-of-proof considerations exist in law. The first is on whom the burden rests. In many, especially Western, courts, the burden of proof is placed on the prosecution in criminal cases and the plaintiff in civil cases. The second consideration is the degree of certitude proof must reach, depending on both the quantity and quality of evidence.