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Bias

Bias is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is inaccurate, closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. Biases can be innate or learned. People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group, or a belief. In science and engineering, a bias is a systematic error. Statistical bias results from an…

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is a · 15
Bias → aspect of implicit social cognition, bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events, bias or perceived bias of scholars allowing their beliefs to shape their research and the scientific community, bias within social science research where survey respondents can tend to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed positively by others, conscious or unconscious bias introduced into a study by the way individuals, disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, emotional bias, related phenomenon of interpreting and judging phenomena by standards inherent to one's own culture, repeating or basic misstep in thinking, systematic error, systematic tendency in the process of data collection, tendency for cognitive or perceptual processes to be distorted by the individual's need to maintain and enhance self-esteem, tendency of scholars to cite academic journals with open access, tendency to search for, type of bias with regard to what academic research is likely to be published because of a tendency among researchers and journal editors to prefer some outcomes rather than others
see also · 8
Bias → Algorithmic, Psychology, Racial, Scholarly, Wikipedia, WikipediaGender, WikipediaIdeological, WikipediaSystemic
related to Implicit bias · 7
Bias → An, Anthony Greenwald, For, Implicit, Individuals, Mahzarin Banaji, The
related to Cognitive biases · 6
Bias → Furthermore, However, Other, People, That, Thus
related to Biases in media · 4
Bias → Media, Practical, The, There
related to Statistical biases · 3
Bias → It, Statistical, This
related to Prejudices · 2
Bias → Prejudice, The

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Biasis adisproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing0.90text
Biasis asystematic error0.90text
Biasis arepeating or basic misstep in thinking0.90text
Biasis atendency to search for0.90text
Biasis arelated phenomenon of interpreting and judging phenomena by standards inherent to one's own culture0.90text
Biasis atendency for cognitive or perceptual processes to be distorted by the individual's need to maintain and enhance self-esteem0.90text
Biasis aemotional bias0.90text
Biasis asystematic tendency in the process of data collection0.90text
Biasis abias within social science research where survey respondents can tend to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed positively by others0.90text
Biasis aconscious or unconscious bias introduced into a study by the way individuals0.90text
Biasis abias or perceived bias of scholars allowing their beliefs to shape their research and the scientific community0.90text
Biasis atendency of scholars to cite academic journals with open access0.90text
Biasis atype of bias with regard to what academic research is likely to be published because of a tendency among researchers and journal editors to prefer some outcomes rather than others0.90text
Biasis abias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events0.90text
Biasis aaspect of implicit social cognition0.90text

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