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:
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:
2 to cause someone or something to have a 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.
5 the fact of preferring someone or something:
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:
Have you noticed any bias in the reporting of the Middle East situation in the media?
There was a clear racial bias in the selection of candidates.
The teacher seems to have a bias towards the girls in her class.
This is a clear example of the bias found in historical accounts of the war.
Second, the high rate of follow-up participation reduces the risk of bias due to selective attrition.
The degree to which the bias or variance is reduced will in turn affect the rate by which the model's error will decrease.
Also, the practicalities of recruiting might be problematic and, once recruited, increased awareness of macromastia may further bias the group's usefulness as a comparator.
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