A selected history of expectation bias in physics
American Journal of PhysicsPublished 1 July 2006Open access
Monwhea Jeng
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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.
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