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What is a disconfirmation?

What is a disconfirmation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (philosophy) Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis.
  2. (countable) A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.
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Themes are identified and similarities and contradictions emerge in the analysis, with confirmation or disconfirmation of findings supported in subsequent interviews.
Satisfaction is based on the concept of disconfirmation, which represents the gap that exists between customer expectations and service performance.
But such a belief is hard to maintain and is hence vulnerable to disconfirmation in various ways.
Often, when the conditional probability of H on E is in doubt, the likelihood of H on E can be computed from the theoretical assumptions of H. A. Confirmation and disconfirmation.
Somehow, this article of faith survives daily disconfirmation.
A law of nature must be immune to such possible disconfirmation.

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