Michael Walker's Blog – April 2014 Archive (1)
The Deadly Data Science Sin of Confirmation Bias
Confirmation bias occurs when people actively search for and favor information or evidence that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses while ignoring or slighting adverse or mitigating evidence. It is a type of cognitive bias (pattern of deviation in judgment that occurs in…
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