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The mean percentage per answer within each group of participants.
| N | Experience with fingerprint report using CAT (% yes) | Experience with fingerprint report using VLR/NLR (% yes) | Basic understanding of fingerprint conclusions (% yes) | Specific education about fingerprint evidence (% no) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 73 | 23 | 22 | 56 | 34 |
| legal | 31 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 74 |
| crime investigation | 42 | 52 | 50 | 60 | 19 |
| Professionals | 238 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 18 |
| legal | 116 | 8 | 78 | 65 | 11 |
| crime investigation | 122 | 85 | 66 | 40 | 25 |
