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Seeing What You Want: Prior Belief Biases Perception of Correlation in Scatterplots

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We think data is definitive, but our perception of it contains bias from expectations and motivations. For example, when Democrats and Republicans view the same depiction of global temperature trends, Democrats see an increasing trend, while Republicans see overall flatness. Could prior beliefs bias our perception of relations depicted in...

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scatterplot, belief, psychology, bias, correlation, data visualizations, and perception

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Psychology

Creator:

Chase Stokes, Steve Franconeri, and Cindy Xiong

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

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06/08/2020

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07/23/2020

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2020-01-31

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Conference Proceeding
Exploring the Relationship between Children’s Life Stories and the Big Five Personality Traits

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Life stories are strong predictors of identity, since the specific narratives adults tell about themselves represent individual differences in personality characteristics. One way researchers analyze these life stories in adults is by measuring the story’s coherence, which is comprised of a clear context, a linear chronology, and an explanation of...

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life story, development, identity, coherence, and personality

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Psychology

Creator:

Abigail Blum

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

06/08/2020

Date Modified:

07/23/2020

Date Created:

2020-05-15

Resource Type:

Conference Proceeding

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