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View SchemaA selected history of expectation bias in physics
| Authors | Monwhea Jeng |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0508199 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508199 |
| DOI | 10.1119/1.2186333 |
| Journal | Am. J. Phys. 74, 578 (2006). |
Abstract
The beliefs of physicists can bias their results towards their expectations in a number of ways. We survey a variety of historical cases of expectation bias in observations, experiments, and calculations.
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