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* using sub-headings or bullets, discussion of the historical sources and historiography of this subject | * using sub-headings or bullets, discussion of the historical sources and historiography of this subject | ||
=== | === Bias in study or writing of history === | ||
* confirmation bias | * confirmation bias | ||
* | ** see Confirmation bias | ||
* editorial bias | |||
* hagiography | |||
** biography that idealizes the subject | |||
** from Greek for writing about saints | |||
* political bias | |||
* note: application of a particular historiographic techniques does not imply a bias | |||
** although it could have bias in the work | |||
* see Historiography section | |||
=== primary sources === | === primary sources === | ||