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How researchers accidentally get the answers they expect

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Objective science is slightly less objective when the person holding the clipboard smiles at all the right answers. The Rosenthal effect happens when an observer's own expectations subconsciously influence the subjects they are studying. Even the most stoic professionals accidentally leak their preferred outcomes into the room.

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