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positive test strategy: a standalone construct

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Judgment and decision making

testing a hypothesis by examining cases expected to fit it, a general heuristic that can but need not yield confirmation bias.

In judgment and decision making, positive test strategy refers to testing a hypothesis by examining cases expected to fit it, a general heuristic that can but need not yield confirmation bias. This meaning comes from Klayman (1987) in Psychological Review.[1]

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bias6 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs confirmation bias1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct heuristic4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Klayman, J., & Ha, Y. (1987). Confirmation, disconfirmation, and information in hypothesis testing. Psychological Review, 94(2), 211-228. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.94.2.211

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