BIAS

BIAS

BIAS was a privately held corporation based in Petaluma, California. It ceased all business operations as of June, 2012.

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Bias

A statistic is biased if it is calculated in such a way that is systematically different from the population parameter of interest. The following lists some types of, or aspects of, bias which should not be considered mutually exclusive:

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bias

Noun

  1. inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection
  2. the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric
  3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
  4. a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode
  5. the difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it
  6. In the game of crown green bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl.

Verb

  1. To place bias upon; to influence.
    Our prejudices bias our views.

Adjective

  1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
  2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Adverb

  1. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
    to cut cloth bias


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