Error in Observation

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Contents 1 Explanation 2 Category 3 Subfallacies 4 External Links 5 Examples in creationist arguments

Explanation

You commit this fallacy if you allow your expectations to influence the outcome of an observation.

Category

• Inductive Fallacy
• Fallacy of Soundness

Subfallacies

• Experimenter Bias
• Tainted Sample

External Links

• Bruce Thompson [1]

Examples in creationist arguments

See also the examples in the subfallacies.