Type:
Volume:
2
Pages:
online
Year:
1998
Publisher:
Review of General Psychology
URL:
http://psy.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf
Abstract:
Confirmation bias, as the term is typically used in the psychological literature, connotes<br>the seeking or interpreting of evidence in ways that are partial to existing beliefs,<br>expectations, or a hypothesis in hand. The author reviews evidence of such a bias in a<br>variety of guises and gives examples of its operation in several practical contexts.<br>Possible explanations are considered, and the question of its utility or disutility is<br>discussed.
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