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wish biasJoe Segen2016-12-15T10:57:40+00:00
wish bias

wish bias
PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL TRIALS
A popular term for a type of systemic error introduced into a clinical study by the tendency of patients1, or investigators2 to fit data or other information into a personal scheme of how they believe things ought to be.
1E.g., by an obese patient to underreport foodconsumption 2E.g., to report only trials with positive findings or results that support a particular perspective
Reference J Clin Epidemiology 1990; 43:619–621
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