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Expecting expectancy effects: biased data analyses and failure to exclude alternative interpretations in experimenter expectancy research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Theodore X. Barber
Affiliation:
Proseminar Institute, Research Division, Cushing Hospital, Framingham, Mass. 01701

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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