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Standard (Static) Proficiency Test Design: $185
Declared Double Blind Proficiency Test Design: $230
Description: Each proficiency test design will include randomly selected neat and/or mixture samples. All tests will contain multiple known contributor samples, multiple samples of unknown stains and a complex mixture sample. The DNA results will be collected for these tests. Serological screening is not required in this test with the body fluid contents of each sample being provided to the participant. Participants are also requested to perform DNA analysis on the complex mixture sample and determine, using probabilistic genotyping software, if any of the known contributors are present in the complex mixture. The Forensic DNA with PGS Proficiency Tests will be distributed four times a year (once per quarter). The distribution of these tests has been structured and scheduled to accommodate laboratories meeting the test frequency requirements of the DNA Advisory Board (DAB) FBI Quality Assurance Standards (QAS). Click here for more information.
Winter 2024 Forensic DNA with PGS Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: October 30, 2023
Distribution: week of January 22, 2024
Answer Submission Deadline: April 22, 2024
Spring 2024 Forensic DNA with PGS Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: October 30, 2023
Distribution: week of March 25, 2024
Answer Submission Deadline: June 24, 2024
Summer 2024 Forensic DNA with PGS Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: March 1, 2024
Distribution: week of July 1, 2024
Answer Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024
Fall 2024 Forensic DNA with PGS Proficiency Test
Purchase Deadline: March 1, 2024
Distribution: week of September 16, 2024
Answer Submission Deadline: December 16, 2024
Standard (Static) Proficiency Test Design: Each forensic practitioner will receive the same test samples as others in their laboratory, with the correct answers being the same. The test will be comprised of some of the same proficiency testing items used in the declared double blind test design, and the samples that are used will be different for every testing cycle. The static proficiency tests will have the same purchase deadlines, distribution dates and answer submission deadlines as the declared double blind test designs.
Declared Double Blind Test Design: Each forensic practitioner will receive a test composed of randomly selected unknown and/or known proficiency testing items, with the correct answers being specific to each test. Participants will be unable to gain information regarding the answers to their test through discussions with others participating in the same testing cycle, or with those administering the test. These blind elements are incorporated into the design of our tests to reduce the effects of bias on testing results. Forensic Assurance proficiency tests are declared (the participant knows that they are taking a test).
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