i took a lie detector test today. Why won't they give me my results?
816269
Don't worry about it, they just like to keep that stuff confidental. If they knew you failed, they would have kept you at the station for further questioning. They may have had to go and analyze the data or something. My main point is, if you failed, you wouldn't be on a computer right now.
602758
No state has any laws that can force someone to take a lie detector test.  Because they are not 100% accurate they are not admissible in court, so they are really only used voluntarily when someone wants to try to clear themselves in an investigation.
357598
No there is not.\nIn all of my years of lying and being lied to in various walks of life I've learned that everybody lies, everybody gives it away, and detecting a lie is more detective work than "dead give-away".\nYes there are lots of bodily quirks to pick up on when someone lies. These (like the eyes for example) reflexes really do not indicate a person is lying. They rather indicate that a person is nervous. Very often that is because they are lying but sometimes it is for any one of many other reasons. For example a murderer might pass a lie detector and even fool seasoned detectives, but you might fidget and cry and do all sorts of strange things if the cops stop at your door and ask where you were yesterday even if you were home quietly minding your own business.\nThe truth is to get to the bottom of a lie you have to be aware of what a particular person does when they lie. To do this you must be calculated and patient. \n1.)Wait to be told a lie that you know is a lie and begin to note any significant or slightly unusual behaviours (such as body language and voice tone out of the ordinary).\n2.) Engage the liar in a conversation where you request as much detail about the lie as you can. Make careful note of body language etc., and note the details of the conversation. Sound interested and convinced and you should get enough info for later.\n3.) Be patient. Find more proof.\n4.) You have to wait until the "LIE" surfaces a second time. You can elicit this it can be in the same conversation.\n5.) Make sure you heard right, ask them to repeat the lie. Make note of all body language etc.\n6.) Make a note of time date or other significant information at the time so you can remember enough to be certain for yourself that you know they have been caught.\n7.) Now this is where this all pays off. You sit your liar down and YOU initiate the conversation about any suspected lie. This time you start talking like your convinced and get them to repeat the suspected lie yet again. Watch the body laguage the whole time. You do not ever have to confront them.\n\nPLEASE NOTE:\nThis is a little trick meant to find out what a PARTICULAR PERSON does when they lie. It is meant to help determine the DIFFERENCE BETWEEN nervousness due to lying and other nervous behaviour one might exhibit when they are not lying. It is not meant to find out a lie. The liar always gives it away you just have to figure it out for your own liar.\n\nYou need a lie you know is a lie and they must think you believe it. The more you talk about the lie you know the more you have to watch and see. The more lies you do it with the more accurate you will become. This is something you can do dozens of times with a coworker or nieghbor before you confront them. The more often you do it before confrontation (if you choose confrontation) the more likely  you will be accurate. \nIf you make all of this happen (which could be done with someone you know but probably not a single encounter with a stranger) you should have a solid list of reflexes, behaviours, etc, that you can apply to ONLY THAT PERSON\nYou should be able to have no more than 95% odds that you can detect A person lying. If you want to keep your friends and family don't do this to them.\nYou will be surprised (and not too happy) to know who is really lying to you and about what. But I hope this helps and hope the lie is not too big. \nREMEMBER THE HUMAN MIND IS INCREDIBLE AND NOTHING IS FOOL PROOF.
852174
Sounds like a typo.  Call the lab that performed the test.
795194
I did and won.  The guy prosecuting made the whole thing up about cationing me and it was all lies - my age, phone number, tv details the whole lot.  I pleaded not guilty and got a new court date and TV licensing dropped the case 1 day before due in court.  You can go not guilty if you dont have a tv or if they've lied like above. Good luck - try it what have you got to lose ????
771471
Yes, because the polygraph test measures pulse,  respiration, heart rate, etc.you can flunk a polygraph if you are the extreme nervous type.  They clain that experience examiners can tell the difference between nervousness and deception. If this were the case, why is it that polygraphy results are inadmissable as court evidence?\nPathological liars can pass polygraph tests easy, because they cannot distinguish a lie from the truth, and wholeheartedly belive in their own lies.
890593
Actually you could have bailed on the at the MEPS center because until you are sworn in you are NOT in the armed forces.  \nThey lie for the same reasons that all salesmen lie.  They need to make a sale or no bonus or commition.
854509
well buddy it takes around 4 weeks for the results to be declared. be patient. you can check out on sofworld.org.
759589
It will show up in less than an hour.\n\nIt isn't likely that they will be able to tell how much unless it is a very high-end test.
543602
The sample tests on the DMV web site are all there are.\nIf you had no problem with the DMV practice tests, you won't have any problem with the real tests (which are extremely easy).  No need to go looking for a site that illegally posts the actual tests, especially since there are several tests, which one you get is random, and they redo the tests frequently to prevent the kind of cheating you're thinking of doing...:)
876608
A polygraph (commonly referred to as a lie detector) is a device that measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while the subject is asked a series of questions. The measurements are posited to be indicators of anxiety that accompanies the telling of lies. Thus, measured anxiety is equated with telling untruths. However, if the subject exhibits anxiety for other reasons, or can control his anxiety level voluntarily, a measured response can result in unreliable conclusions. A polygraph test is also known as a psychophysiological detection of deception (PDD) examination.\n\nclick here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph#History
924213
There have certainly been cases - even recently - where the pollsters simply 'interview dogs and cats' to get the results their paymasters would like to hear. Yet, they ALL claim to be accurate within + or - 3%.... How does that work?\nMaybe they're useful in some ways, but how about stopping them 24 hours before the vote?
644557
There would be no reason to.If the test was negative when you were at work that's all they need to know.Those workmen comp people are assholes.Don't trust them
982760
If the test turned out negative, they won't call you at all.\nIf they do find something they usually call after 1 1/2 - 2 weeks.
735927
Funny you should ask,,I just bought one ,with the recomendation of a friend and am about  to take a test in about an hour or so..ill probablly get the resultsmon..and will try to let you know..
965718
A military hospital may (for certain reasons) never give you the results (especially in the US)! Check it out! Otherwise it takes only 1 day.
436835
The above answer is correct.  It just depends on where you have it drawn.  Was it at a hospital who has its own in-house lab?  Was it at a local doctor's office who had to send the sample out to a private lab?  Or, did your doctor send you directly to a lab to have it drawn?  Normally, once the sample is received in a lab, the results can be obtained the same day.  However, depending on the amount of specimens to be tested...and where the sample has been sent...it could be a little longer.\n\nThe doctor who ordered the test will be able to give you a better answer.\n\nGood luck!