An '''expert report''' is a study written by one or more authorities that states findings and offers opinions.
In law, expert reports are generated by expert witnesses offering their opinions on points of controversy in a legal case and are typically sponsored by one side or the other in a litigation in order to support that party's claims. The reports state facts, discuss details, explain reasoning, and justify the experts' conclusions and opinions.<ref>{{cite book |chapter= Expert reports |author= Hirt TC |pages=477–87 |title= The Litigation Manual |editor1=Koeltl JG |editor2=Kiernan JS |editor3=ABA Section of Litigation |edition=3rd |publisher= American Bar Assn. |year=1999 |isbn=1-57073-639-1}}</ref>
In medicine, an expert report is a critical assessment of a medical topic, for example, an independent assessment of the cost–benefit ratio of a particular medical treatment.<ref>{{cite book |title= Principles and Practice of Pharmaceutical Medicine |veditors=Edwards LD, Fletcher AJ |chapter= Clinical research education and training for pharmaceutical staff |author= Marks P |pages=25–40 |isbn=978-0-470-09313-9 |publisher=Wiley |year=2007 |edition=2nd}}</ref>
As part of survey pretesting, an expert report (using the expert review method) identifies potential problems that could affect data quality and data collection by evaluating survey questionnaires and survey translations.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yan |first=T. |last2=Kreuter |first2=F. |last3=Tourangeau |first3=R |date=December 2012 |title=Evaluating Survey Questions: A Comparison of Methods |journal=Journal of Official Statistics |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=503-529}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sha |first=Mandy |date=March 2012 |title=Translation Review and Cognitive Testing of ACS Language Assistance Guides in Multiple Languages |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2012/acs/2012_Sha_01.html |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Pan |first1=Yuling |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429294914/sociolinguistics-survey-translation-yuling-pan-mandy-sha-hyunjoo-park |title=The Sociolinguistics of Survey Translation |last2=Sha |first2=Mandy |date=2019-07-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-29491-4 |location=London |pages=118-124 |doi=10.4324/9780429294914 |s2cid=198632812}}</ref>
==See also== *Forensic science
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