If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if:
1. The testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data;2. The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods; and3. The witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 2702
Added by Laws 1978, SB 276, c. 285, § 702, eff. 10/1/1978; Amended by Laws 2009 , HB 1603, c. 228, §18, eff. 11/1/2009.