When polygraph examiners administer polygraph tests in order to detect lying
A) they correctly identify liars at levels no better than chance.
B) they often detect liars, but they also frequently incorrectly report honest people as lying.
C) they often detect liars, and they rarely incorrectly report honest people as lying.
D) they are as likely to report a lying person is honest as they are an honest person is lying.
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