But Ho's cross-examination had deeper significance in the national debate over voting restrictions because he was able to show that allegations of widespread voter fraud can often be based on incomplete information derived using unscientific methods.
In 2009, other psychologists and defense lawyers complained to the board of psychologist examiners that Dr. Denkowski used unscientific methods that artificially inflated intelligence scores to make defendants eligible for the death penalty.
He estimated, using the admittedly unscientific method of counting the number of Red Sox jerseys onboard the plane, that at least 100 fans were on his flight.
"Until the 2008 census, the tiger population was calculated using a discredited, unscientific method which allowed states to dramatically overestimate," she said over the phone in Delhi.
Using a completely unscientific method, we've assigned them scores based on the qualities all great neighbors should have.
But it was the later discovery that the work of fire investigators had been based on outdated and unscientific methods that should have saved Willingham from the death chamber.
In my line of work, I often hear scientists designate certain topics or areas of interest as inherently "unscientific". My response is that there are no "unscientific" topics, only unscientific methods.
They were concerned that unscientific CAM methods and poorly qualified CAM practitioners could lead to a deterioration of the disease.
My unscientific method (read: guessing and rounding to the nearest thousand) surely left some room for error, and I know I'll sleep better at night knowing that that error is covered.
Giles Dilnot took the Daily Politics mood box - an unscientific method with a box and coloured balls - to see what the man and woman on the street - including Tory MP Mark Field - thought of the issue.
