A selected history of expectation bias in physics
Abstract
The beliefs of physicists can bias their results toward their expectations in a number of ways. We survey a variety of historical cases of expectation bias in observations, experiments, and calculations.
- Publication:
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American Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- July 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1119/1.2186333
- arXiv:
- arXiv:physics/0508199
- Bibcode:
- 2006AmJPh..74..578J
- Keywords:
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- 01.40.-d;
- 01.65.+g;
- Education;
- History of science;
- History of Physics
- E-Print:
- 6 pages, 2 figures