Confirmatory+or+Disconfirmatory+Utilization

=**Confirmatory or Disconfirmatory Utilization/Utilisation (N=1)**=


 * Definition:** The use of knowledge to strengthen or weaken previously acquired knowledge, previously accepted beliefs, and previously adopted behaviors
 * Source:** Havelock RG. The knowledge perspective: definition and scope of a new study domain. In: Beal GM, Dissanayake W, Konoshima S, editors. Knowledge generation, exchange and utilization. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1986: 11-34.
 * Focus:** n/a