The Correction That Strengthens the Error: Nyhan and Reifler’s 2010 Backfire Effect, the Ten Thousand Subjects Who Could Not Reproduce It, and What the Long-Term Equity Investor Should Do With a Rebuttal

Cover: The Backfire Effect. Navy panel with paired bars showing the expected fall in belief after a correction against the observed rise from 32% to 64% among conservatives in Nyhan and Reifler's 2005 study

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