Quote Originally Posted by AnalyticType View Post
One of the things that my professor neglected to teach was the necessity of working across the matrix evaluating a piece of evidence against all hypotheses, rather than working down through all evidence under a hypothesis. When I was first learning this method, I had all kinds of frustration going on. Between the ACH tutorial and chapter Eleven in the book The Thinker's Toolkit I found the process much easier and effective.
That would be my biggest beef. From my LE view once you establish motive (who benefits from an action and how great is the benefit) you don't need a lot of other data. You need to establish his/her alibi(s)for doing or not doing something. My 2cents anyway.