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- noun Plural form of
bias . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bias .
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Examples
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They said Nasser wouldn't have been hired by the BBC because of what they described as his biases and having worked for Hezbollah's
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Magda Abu-Fadil 2010
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That Karen thinks about and acknowledges selection biases is undeniably a good thing and something that I think more reviewers should be aware of.
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Vigdor accepts that black QBs may be hyped but says that his research indicates it is not because of any biases from the sportswriters but preferences (or biases if you will) from the viewing public.
Economic Arguments, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The idea that regulators will always be as ignorant or always subject to the exact same cognitive biases is as consumers is, to put it politely, incredibly ridiculous.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Richard Thaler Responds to Critics of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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What I found alongside culture was money, and I discovered that I was carrying certain biases with me.
The Two Continents Of Istanbul Akhil Sharma 2010
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I believe humans are prewired to have certain biases, though this is not all.
Evolutionary Psychology and Economic Bias, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Also, since we're looking backwards on the field over several decades and generations, institutional biases from the deep past still haunt us today.
Making Sausages frankwu 2010
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“Privledging one narrative, the Israeli one with its own biases, is hardly any better than the “All was Great” Moroccan narrative re Jews.”
Global Voices in English » Morocco: On “Jewish Morocco” 2009
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Apparently, though, he wasn't surprised enough to recognize that his selection process might be deficient or have built-in biases he hadn't been aware of.
TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley 2009
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Privledging one narrative, the Israeli one with its own biases, is hardly any better than the “All was Great” Moroccan narrative re Jews.
Global Voices in English » Morocco: On “Jewish Morocco” 2009
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