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EXPERIMENTER BIAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("experimenter bias" is a kind of...):
bias; preconception; prejudice (a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
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