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Explain what confirmation bias is in your own words.

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the tendency to overvalue data that supports a pre-existing belief
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Confirmation bias is a psychological phenomenon in which a person tends to accept those references or findings which confirm his/her existing belief in things. Confirmation bias leads to statistical errors, as it influences the way people gather information and interpret it.

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