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refers to the influence of people's expectations on outcomes. In experimental research the expectations of those involved in a study may act as a confounding factor, and influenced the measured outcomes. If researchers/participants expect one treatment to be superior to another, this can lead to measured differences without regard to the inherent qualities of the different treatments.
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