arXiv:physics/0508199physics.hist-ph
The beliefs of physicists can bias their results towards their expectations in a number of ways. We survey a variety of historical cases of expectation bias in observations, experiments, and calculations.
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> For instance, studies that compute the gyromagnetic ratio of the electron (to 10 decimal places no less) and then compare that against the experimentally obtained value would be classified as "high rigor". You mean like, say, measuring the elementary charge of an electron to…
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True. But all too often, people stop checking when their results agree with prior work. But then, eventually, someone is confident enough to publish results that aren't consistent with prior work. Jeng (2005) A selected history of expectation bias in physics…
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