Is there a word or phrase for when someone is testing for a certain result thereby skewing his findings?
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3$\begingroup$ If you don't have luck here, try english.stackexchange.com $\endgroup$– BMSFeb 11, 2014 at 3:14
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2$\begingroup$ This question appears to be off-topic because it is about non-physics-specific terminology. Depending on interpretations it is either about a psychology term or a statistical notion. $\endgroup$– user10851Feb 11, 2014 at 3:50
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2$\begingroup$ This question appears to be off-topic because it not about physics and should be on english.stackexchange.com $\endgroup$– Kyle KanosFeb 11, 2014 at 3:50
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Confirmation bias might be what you're after.
From wiki:
Confirmation bias [...] is the tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.
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$\begingroup$ not exactly, the question doesn't say that the someone is favouring to take only positive results $\endgroup$– unsymFeb 11, 2014 at 3:50