In both the study of soccer players and the one on immigration, participating researchers reported their beliefs before doing their analysis. In both cases there wasn’t a statistically significant correlation between prior beliefs and reported results.
What? No way! … are you sure? This seems to be evidence that confirmation bias isn’t a thing, at least not for scientists analyzing data. But that conclusion is pretty surprising and implausible. Is there perhaps another explanation? E.g. maybe the scientists involved are a particularly non-bias-prone bunch, or maybe they knew why they were being asked to report their beliefs so they faked that they didn’t have an opinion one way or another when really they did?
What? No way! … are you sure? This seems to be evidence that confirmation bias isn’t a thing, at least not for scientists analyzing data. But that conclusion is pretty surprising and implausible. Is there perhaps another explanation? E.g. maybe the scientists involved are a particularly non-bias-prone bunch, or maybe they knew why they were being asked to report their beliefs so they faked that they didn’t have an opinion one way or another when really they did?
This is fascinating, thanks!