Historians are interested in the accuracy of eyewitness accounts of traumatic events. One study examined survivors' recall of the sinking of the ship Titanic (Riniolo, Koledin, Drakulic, & Payne, 2003). The researchers reviewed the transcripts of survivors' testimony at governmental hearings (www.titanicinquiry.org) to see whether they testified that the ship was intact or breaking apart during the ship's final plunge (it was in fact breaking apart). To test for eyewitness accuracy, testimony of 20 survivors was examined to see if there was an equal likelihood of survivors saying the ship was intact or breaking apart. Datafile: titanic.xlsx

Historians are interested in the accuracy of eyewitness accounts of traumatic events. One study examined survivors' recall of the sinking of the ship Titanic (Riniolo, Koledin, Drakulic, & Payne, 2003). The researchers reviewed the transcripts of survivors' testimony at governmental hearings (www.titanicinquiry.org) to see whether they testified that the ship was intact or breaking apart during the ship's final plunge (it was in fact breaking apart). To test for eyewitness accuracy, testimony of 20 survivors was examined to see if there was an equal likelihood of survivors saying the ship was intact or breaking apart. Datafile: titanic.xlsx

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