The confirmation bias, a logical error in inductive reasoning, is the failure
a. to consider that the exception proves the rule.
b. to use information from a control group.
c. to select the appropriate information needed to confirm a hypothesis.
d. to seek information that might prove the hypothesis incorrect.
e. to accept evidence that has already been confirmed by replication.
d. to seek information that might prove the hypothesis incorrect.
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