A Prisoner Eligible for Parole Is Required to Take a Polygraph

Multiple Choice

A prisoner eligible for parole is required to take a polygraph test. Although the prisoner tells the truth in response to one question, the polygraph operator records the response as a lie. According to recent research, this kind of error is:

A) common; approximately 10 to 25 percent of true statements are interpreted as lies.
B) unusual; less than 10 percent of true statements are interpreted as lies.
C) rare; less than 3 percent of true statements are interpreted as lies.
D) very rare; less than 1 percent of true statements are interpreted as lies.