Which criterion emphasizes testability, peer review, error rates, and general acceptance in evaluating admissibility of expert evidence?

• A. Frye standard
• B. Daubert standard
• C. Both Frye and Daubert
• D. None

Answer: (B)

The Daubert standard is designed to gatekeep scientific evidence by weighing how reliable the method is. It asks for factors like testability, peer review, known error rates, and general acceptance in the scientific community. This broad, reliability-focused approach makes Daubert the best fit for evaluating admissibility because it goes beyond mere popularity of a method and requires demonstrable scientific validity and rigor.

Frye, by contrast, centers on whether the method is generally accepted by the relevant scientific community, but it doesn’t systematically mandate examining testability or error rates. That’s why the described criteria align with Daubert rather than Frye.