There is an additional misconception that underlies much of the programmatic left/right, Democrat/GOP, détente/Cold War binary thinking on the matter: that the Bush administration encouraged Saakashvili to confront the Russians or at least bolstered his sense of allied support.
We also classified each answer option as expressing one of our key concepts or target misconceptions (Additional file 1: Table S4).
We did not pursue additional statistical analysis for individual misconceptions or categories of misconceptions, as there were small sample sizes for some misconceptions and a lack of independence among groups resulting from responses containing more than one misconception.
An additional consequence of teacher-held misconceptions is the reinforcement of student-held misconceptions via instruction.
However, its acceptance level among farmers is often low due to its higher price, the need for additional fertilization, and the misconception that it would negatively affect yield and crop quality.
For additional evidence regarding this misconception, let me recommend a trip to the annual Las Vegas Seven-a-side Rugby tournament in "Sin City" aka Las Vegas.
An additional consideration is whether misconception is still used in learning sciences outside biology education.
These sessions were designed to cement the incremental theory in students' minds, to practice it in additional scenarios, and to correct misconceptions.
Additional theoretical work defining diagnostic misconception and clarifying its manifestation is needed to guide develop of a multidimensional measure.
