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	<REFERENCE_TYPE>31</REFERENCE_TYPE>
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		<AUTHOR>Robert Todd Carroll</AUTHOR>
	</AUTHORS>
	<YEAR>2008</YEAR>
	<TITLE>Confirmation Bias</TITLE>
	<ABSTRACT>&lt;p&gt;This entry in the &lt;i&gt;Skeptic's Dictionary&lt;/i&gt; offers an interesting definition of confirmation bias, or the tendency to sort through incoming life data subconsciously using experience to confirm what we already &amp;ldquo;know.&amp;rdquo; This brief article is an accessible entree for teachers to consider their own biases, in terms of both student and colleague interactions.&lt;/p&gt;</ABSTRACT>
	<URL>http://skepdic.com/confirmbias.html</URL>
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