Which one of the following statements is an example of hearsay? a. "i checked the patient's blood pressure three times." b. "the report said the patient died on january 15." c. "the report was on my desk when i arrived for work." d. "i saw the doctor administer the injection."

Hearsay involves using a claim from some other source that occurred outside the court or present room of enquiry in order to prove a point.

In these four examples, statement B "the report said..." is the example of hearsay as the whole statement relies on the accuracy of a report which we have not seen. The report could be substituted for a person such as "she said or he said". All other examples are direct claims made by the person being questioned. e.g. "I did x".