OBSERVER BIAS

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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an experimental bias comprised of errors by a viewer in one direction. Such a bias is frequently correlated with the viewer's assumptions, beliefs, or private inclinations.

OBSERVER BIAS: "Observer bias is less likely to occur in double-blind studies."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. PHANTASM
  2. EXPERIMENTER EFFECT
  3. PARADOXICAL THINKING
  4. OBJECTIVITY
  5. VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS
  6. OBSERVER
  7. UNBIASED
  8. OPERATIONAL SEX RATIO
  9. URBAN LEGEND
  10. ASSUMPTION
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "OBSERVER BIAS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/observer-bias/ (accessed August 15, 2018).
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