I did not downvote , in fact I ' ll upvote the ones that I haven ' t already right now . It is interesting to see , however , how you are seeing it . The way I see it is that uchocolatechoux is not seeking out information , he is recalling information to which you cannot say there is confirmation bias unless you know there is contradicting data for the reason I mentioned in my second edit of the last comment . However , he has already gathered data which was all from one sample that was not selected at random and therefore may have a confounding variable . However , even if he is seeking data out or if you are looking at what he is telling us to do , seek out information at the courthouse , you can say it is confirmation bias because you are using a sample that could have a confounding variable , but that would just be selection bias . With the same logic that you are using , you could say that there is confirmation bias in every single data analysis that has another form of bias . The only real form of bias that one can safely say that heshe is using is selection bias . EDIT Just upvoted the few comments of yours that I hadn ' t already upvoted . EDIT 2 Just to set the record straight , Im not some random guy that looked up different statistical biases and gave my seminformed opinion about this . I ' ve been studying statistics for the past year now and have been looking back at class notes and my statistics textbook during this argument which is where I got my interpretation of this . I also don ' t mean anything more by saying this and I don ' t mean to be condescending , I value your opinion just as highly as my own .