Confirmation bias in a simulated research environment: An experimental study of scientific inference

CR Mynatt, ME Doherty, RD Tweney - The quarterly journal of …, 1977 - Taylor & Francis
Numerous authors (eg, Popper, 1959) argue that scientists should try to falsify rather than
confirm theories. However, recent empirical work (Wason and Johnson-Laird, 1972)
suggests the existence of a confirmation bias, at least on abstract problems. Using a more ...

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