Thank you for sharing this. BTW, here's my two fave articles on biases:
Bias in analytic research. Sackett DL. J Chronic Dis. 1979;32(1-2):51-63. PMID: 447779
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=447779%5Buid%5D
Visibility of research: FUTON bias. Wentz R. Lancet. 2002 Oct 19;360(9341):1256. PMID: 12401287
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=12401287%5Buid%5D
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Tanya
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On 8 Iúil 2009, at 07:38, Jon Brassey wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I thought I'd share this fascinating list of cognitive biases found
> on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases.
>
> What struck me was two things:
>
> 1) The sheer volume of potential cognitive biases
>
> 2) We often focus on methodological biases, but irrespective of the
> purity of methodology, there is still a mountain to climb when it
> comes to overcoming cognitive bias.
>
> Best wishes
>
> jon
>
> PS I feel the need to play a game of cognitive bias bingo!
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