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What’s the influence of bias in
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Confirmation bias, described in 1998 [3] as “seeking or interpreting evidence in ways that are partial to existing beliefs, expectations, or a hypothesis in hand,” is one type of cognitive bias with the potential to undermine the objective evaluation of forensic evidence.

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