Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises

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Nickerson, Raymond S. “Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises”. Review of General Psychology, vol. 2, no. 2, 1998, pp. 175-20, https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.2.2.175.
Nickerson, R. S. (1998). Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises. Review of General Psychology, 2(2), 175-220. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.2.2.175
Nickerson, Raymond S. “Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises”. Review of General Psychology 2, no. 2 (1998): 175-220. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.2.2.175.
Nickerson RS. Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises. Review of General Psychology. 1998;2(2):175-220.
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