| 单词 | bias |
| 释义 | bias (baɪəs ) Word forms: biases , biasing , biased 1. variable noun Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing. Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system. There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political bias. Synonyms: prejudice, leaning, bent, tendency 2. variable noun Bias is a concern with or interest in one thing more than others. The Department has a strong bias towards neuroscience. 3. verb To bias someone means to influence them in favour of a particular choice. We mustn't allow it to bias our teaching. [VERB noun] Synonyms: influence, colour, weight, prejudice 4. on the bias phrase A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way. The fabric, cut on the bias, hangs as light as a cobweb off a woman's body. ...a bias-cut dress. Collocations: cognitive bias We are all prone to a cognitive bias known as the clustering illusion, in which we see patterns where none exists. Times, Sunday Times Teach them about cognitive bias. Times, Sunday Times Accordingly, a cognitive bias had been introduced unwittingly into science, by over-trusting the individual doctor or scientist's ability to see and state things objectively. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The advance of social science often depends on excluding cognitive bias, of which many forms are known. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The experimenters explained cognitive bias, and asked the subjects how it might have affected their judgment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, methods such as permutation tests have been proposed to correct the bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He suggests a two-stage estimation method to correct the bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In response to the criticism, the producers considered tweaking the voting format for the following season to correct the bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But if some groups are underrepresented and the degree of underrepresentation can be quantified, then sample weights can correct the bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This corrects the bias of the neural network ensemble. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Demos singled out a cultural bias against travelling away from home. Times, Sunday Times Some students said that the spotlight on the statue should be redirected to wider concerns about inequality on the campus and cultural bias in the curriculum. Times, Sunday Times Cultural bias results if country-specific variables are not considered in the analysis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Employees and civil rights groups have countered that such attitudes evidence cultural bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cultural bias extends on many more fields in the globalizing world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An e-learning module introduces the concepts of inclusion, diversity and unconscious bias, and a short training session provides practical tools and tips to recognise and eliminate bias. Times, Sunday Times Although quite complicated, this was a carefully conducted study in which the investigators went to great lengths to eliminate bias and to rigorously measure outcomes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Eliminating bias in areas such as this may be as difficult as changing human nature. Times, Sunday Times The company believes that using a quantitative approach will eliminate biases and human emotions in the investment management process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This feral federalism comes with an inbuilt ideological bias. Times, Sunday Times While they succeeded in assembling a substantial mass of documentary evidence, the narratives they produced retained a strong ideological bias, consolidating divisions that continued to mark subsequent historiography. The Times Literary Supplement There also can be an element of political or ideological bias on all sides of scientific debates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Furthermore, the use of one term over another in referring to an appropriate technology can indicate ideological bias or emphasis on particular economic or social variables. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are, to begin with, the self-evident ideological biases, not just of the correspondents themselves, but of the organs in which they published. The Times Literary Supplement Is there an inherent bias in the selection policy? Times, Sunday Times However, these studies all emphasize that such post-hoc analyses are subject to inherent bias and must be interpreted with caution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They discount the inherent bias of the intellectual, believing their results are value-free. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Critics of selectivity systems decry their inherent biases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Social cognitive theories suggest that people have inherent biases in the way they perceive the world and these biases can be used to manipulate them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were angered by the press coverage during the election and accused the paper of having an ingrained left-wing bias. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The BBC has consistently been accused of having a left-wing bias. The Sun (2014) The broadcaster has been accused of left-wing bias for its coverage of the scandal. The Sun (2008) It is a long-held belief of the American Right that Hollywood displays a liberal bias. The Sun (2011) TV's liberal bias is not ignored, but should have received more emphasis. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The sneering liberal bias of the piece may also help her. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The negative bias of 76 seats could easily rise above 80 seats. Times, Sunday Times Fear makes people cautious and creates a negative bias, causing them to attend to potential problems more than they should. Times,Sunday Times Those affected, however, can be devastatingly conscious of the negative bias. canada.com The detectors consist of a planar cathode and a pixelated anode and are operated under a negative bias voltage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This asymmetry introduces a negative bias in the roundoff errors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 State schools must do more to overcome their bias and lack of ambition. Times, Sunday Times Trying to overcome the bias to hang on to losers requires you to first recognise that loss aversion exists. Times, Sunday Times I'm the one that has to help them overcome that bias and misunderstanding. Christianity Today Beyond this niche, chip salesmen had to overcome the biases of clients' engineers, who were used to sketching each circuit and knowing exactly what it did. Globe and Mail The drive against political correctness includes plans to revise the curriculum for primary and secondary pupils to correct a perceived bias towards left-wing thinking. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The opportunity for perceived bias was far less obvious than in the present situation. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Many viewers commented on his perceived bias. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This publication bias affects all science, whatever the funding, but it must be watched very closely in the private sector. Times, Sunday Times They showed that the papers that should, at random, have wrongly said that there was no such thing as publication bias had never been published. Times, Sunday Times Publication bias can be demonstrated by plotting on a graph different studies on a topic - say, whether a particular medicine works. Times, Sunday Times This may underestimate overall publication bias since it excludes possible biases within published studies. The Times Literary Supplement Some academics looked at a range of papers on the very subject of publication bias. Times, Sunday Times The media entrepreneur questioned yesterday whether racial bias had led to the three being suspended. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This poll's questions are as intriguing as its answers, reflecting the bias of the modern media. Times, Sunday Times The manuscripts were produced in different places, and each manuscript reflects the biases of its scribes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even the word ambidexterity reflects the bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thus, written records tend to reflect the biases, assumptions, cultural values and possibly deceptions of a limited range of individuals, usually a small fraction of the larger population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 First of all, no, they are not revealing a bias, unconscious or otherwise. Times, Sunday Times Alarmingly, closer examination later revealed a bias in the measurements, which meant that the all-clear should not have been sounded at all. Times, Sunday Times Many of her deliberately unattributed quotes from her biographical sources nakedly reveal their biases and prejudices. The Times Literary Supplement Such studies are important for source criticism in revealing the bias introduced by referring to classical studies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sample was tiny and the selection of individuals may have introduced sample bias. Times, Sunday Times A later study tried to eliminate the sample bias, but still reached similar conclusions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unfortunately, there are still sample bias problems as not everyone has access to the internet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The study has been subjected to considerable criticism since the 1950s, particularly for various methodological flaws, including sample bias and poor psychometric techniques. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In some cases, this may lead to sampling bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The approach got round the problem of selection bias to test whether a theory actually worked. Times,Sunday Times And this brings us back to the ethics review, which seems to me to be a serial exercise in selection bias. Times, Sunday Times Unintentional selection bias can lead to overvaluation of certain familiar traits and undervaluation of the unfamiliar. Times, Sunday Times Earlier indications of strong beneficial effects in the study were found to be a statistical error due to selection bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The phrase selection bias most often refers to the distortion of a statistical analysis, resulting from the method of collecting samples. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I know he did it because he didn't want to show any bias towards me. The Sun Of 16 banks included in our analysis, ranging from big institutions to smaller specialists, all but one show a bias towards companies with which they already have a commercial relationship. Times,Sunday Times Many classes show a bias towards either twitch or skill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, participants with spider phobia show a bias to spider-related words but not other negatively valenced words. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the statistics do show a bias towards big teams. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The results can be seen here in a concern with clarity and accessibility as well as a strong bias towards biographical, historical and topographical approaches. The Times Literary Supplement We have a strong bias against helping stressed or underprivileged families. Houston Chronicle Throughout his career in both agricultural publishing and education, he retained a strong bias towards knowledge gained in the field over laboratory-oriented forms of training. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A strong bias to the status quo was observed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Anchoring results in a particularly strong bias when estimates are stated in the form of a confidence interval. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It called for schools to provide data on pupil background to check for systematic bias. Times,Sunday Times The loudest noises in politics are now made by empty vessels who believe in systematic bias, arranged and dispensed to do down their pet cause. Times, Sunday Times Or was there a systematic bias that blinded coaches to the talent right before their eyes? Times, Sunday Times It said the panels were not representative of the referendum vote and showed 'systematic bias'. The Sun The panel's assessment was that apart from individual lapses, there was little to suggest deliberate or systematic bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 偏见, 使...有偏见 Japanese: ひいき, ひいきする |
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