Betekenis van bias In het Nederlands

• 0 the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:

  • The senator has accused the media of bias.

  • Reporters must be impartial and not show political bias.

  • There was clear evidence of a strong bias against her.

  • There has always been a slight bias in favour of/towards employing liberal arts graduates in the company.

  • Unconscious bias (= that the person with the bias is not aware of) can influence decisions in recruitment, promotion, and performance management.

  • She showed a scientific bias at an early age.

• 1 a direction at an angle across the threads of woven material:

  • The dresses in his new winter collection are all cut on the bias (= in a diagonal direction across the cloth).

• 2 to cause someone or something to have a bias:

  • The judge ruled that the information should be withheld on the grounds that it would bias the jury against the accused.

• 3 an unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment:

  • [ U ] They vowed to fight racial bias in the school.

  • [ C usually sing ] Does news coverage reflect a reporter’s bias?

• 4 the fact of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment in an unfair way:

  • In her view, none of the interview panel had shown any bias.

  • gender/racial bias a federal law prohibiting gender and racial bias in employment

  • bias against sb/sth The email suggested a clear bias against American products.

  • bias in favour of sb/sth The company showed a marked bias in favour of employing men.

  • a clear/definite/strong bias

• 5 the fact of preferring someone or something:

  • bias towards sb/sth In general, investment trusts have more of a bias towards emerging markets, including the Far East.

• 6 the fact that information is not correct because of the method used in collecting or presenting it:

  • In the market research there was a bias in the sample of people who were selected to give their opinions.

  • There is a need to build in safeguards against statistical bias.

• 7 the fact of prices, etc. increasing or decreasing:

  • Interest rates are set to have an upward bias in the next 12 months.

  • a negative/downward bias

  • a positive/upward bias