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How many forensic professionals, medical examiners, and death investigators where recruited by the U.S based pathology organization?
252
How many different groups where the percipients assigned to?
4
How many total emails were sent, and how many responses where there?
1,111 emails sent with 252 responses
What year did Ellen Greenburg die?
2011
How many types of different information did each case contain and what where they?
Each case contains two different types of information, autopsy information and contextual information.
What where the participants asked to due once reviewing both the autopsy details and the context?
They were asked to make a final decision on the manner of death.
What does the abbreviation N.A.M.E stand for?
National Association of Medical Examiners.
Why was Elen Greenburg's death originally ruled a suicide?
she was found dead in her locked apartment.
What example was given for photographs that were altered?
a gun was digitally removed from the scene to support a homicide narrative.
What made the 4 groups different from each other?
They received the information in a different order.
When did the recruitments get there reminder emails?
at the 2nd week and after the 5th.
What is the name of the original M.E assigned to the case?
Dr. Marlone Osbourne.