Sentence examples for term confirmation from inspiring English sources

He interpreted his results as showing a preference for confirmation over falsification, hence the term "confirmation bias".

Some psychologists restrict the term confirmation bias to selective collection of evidence that supports what one already believes while ignoring or rejecting evidence that supports a different conclusion.

I was introduced to the term "confirmation bias" by my 17-year old daughter who brought it home from her school ethics class and, much like a scabies warning that also occasionally comes home from school, it worries me.

An essential argument in confirming the utility of cervical arthroplasty is long-term confirmation that cervical disc replacements can maintain physiological kinematics at the index and adjacent levels.

If the introduction had the ring of an Alcoholics Anonymous declaration, before too long Mr. Lehrer was surrendering to the higher power of scientific research, cutting back and forth between his own story and the kind of scientific terms — "confirmation bias," "anchoring" — he helped popularize.

There is long-term confirmation of the value of boost irradiation to the site of excision after breast-conserving surgery in all subgroups, including women >60 years [ 190].

In Response: Regarding the comments by Berry et al. (1 ) on our previously published letter, we acknowledge that, in strict parasitological terms, confirmation of the diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis requires the identification of eggs by microscopic examination of urine.

For these skeptics, Japan is yesterday's story, doomed to relative decline, notwithstanding the inventiveness of its big companies and, in the short term, the confirmation Monday of its emergence from recession, with 0.9percentt growth last quarter.

Interviewers look for information that supports their pre-conceived belief about a candidate (the technical term is confirmation bias).

Second, structure the content around workplace situations (like hiring or performance reviews) not psychological terms (like "confirmation bias") or demographics (like "maternal bias").

Douven and Meijs's own proposal is similar to Fitelson's in defining coherence in terms of confirmation.