Abstract

While science is presumably objective, scholars are humans, with subjective biases. Those biases can lead to distortions in how they develop and use scientific theory and how they apply their research methodologies. The numerous ways in which confirmation bias may influence attempts to accept or reject the null hypothesis are discussed, with implications for research, teaching, and public policy development.

中文翻译：

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社会科学中的确认偏见和方法论：社论

摘要

尽管科学可能是客观的，但学者是人类，具有主观偏见。这些偏见可能会导致他们如何发展和使用科学理论以及如何应用研究方法产生扭曲。讨论了确认偏差可能影响尝试接受或拒绝原假设的多种方法，并对研究，教学和公共政策制定产生了影响。