In the early twentieth century, many experts incorrectly attributed the disease pellagra to unsanitary sewage removal instead of a dietary deficiency. Their failure to consider alternative explanations for the disease and to leap to an untested conclusion is an example of:

A) evidence-based reasoning.
B) meta-analysis.
C) confirmation bias.
D) belief bias.

Ans: C) confirmation bias.

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