Synonym: diagonal, oblique, prejudgment, prejudice, sway. Similar words: bags, as, bad, ban, bar, base, bat, bay. Meaning: ['baɪəs] n. 1. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation 2. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric. v. 1. influence in an unfair way 2. cause to be biased. adj. slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
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91 Chapter 2 makes brief statements about value bias, too many variables not enough countries, and equivalence.
92 All of these companies have denied allegations of bias and said they will fight the suits.
93 The elements selected from the confusion of conflicting movements have this different and very distinctive bias.
94 To some degree, the studies avoid selection bias since some of the countries have not experienced democratic transitions.
95 If you are a Swindon fan, you're bias of course, but it was a close call.
96 The courts have shown a similar bias, though usually for a different reason.
97 To date, there has always been a middle class bias in participation in formal organisations.
98 This session also provides an opportunity to look at cultural bias and racism in materials.
99 It also did away with the need for bias adjustment on the output devices - a most desirable quality.
100 In any liberal democracy a mobilization of bias is cumulatively created by the outcomes of political and social conflicts.
101 Another is that they have an in-built bias towards optimism, always looking on the bright side of life.
102 The whole emphasis is placed on the terms being negated, thereby reflecting a profound bias towards aggression as the norm.
103 Stuyvesant responded by laying hands on To bias Feake, who delivered the document, arresting and eventually banishing him.
104 Psychologist Lenore Walker argued for eliminating personality disorders altogether because of bias.
105 A good self-esteem level is mostly dependent on how we value ourselves without any bias. Stephen Richards
106 Mark Fuhrman, who was subsequently criticized for racial bias by both defense lawyers and prosecutors.
107 We attempted to avoid this bias by offering endoscopy to every asthmatic patient regardless of the presence or absence of reflux symptoms.
108 Several proprietary fertilizers, mixed and formulated specifically for roses,(sentencedict.com) show a marked bias in favour of one or other element.
109 Prospective information on cycle variability during treatment would have led to potential selection bias.
110 For Jason is proving, albeit from his grave, that death does not absolve bias.
111 These are learned at an early age and reflect the bias and background of our parents.
112 The Thatcher government believed this system has a bias towards overspending by local authorities.
113 The failure of animal breeders to produce a strain that can bias the gender of its offspring is glaring.
114 Publication bias: the case for an international registry of clinical trials.
115 Is this clear evidence of gender bias in the manual?
116 She also shows her bias for Bassanio in the music she plays when he is choosing the caskets.
117 Their attempts to provide more objective methods do not challenge the gender bias involved in psychological notions of objectivity.
118 A plan may have a bias towards the financial structure or towards technological development.
119 Some people alleged a bias towards the Conservatives, while others alleged a bias against the Conservatives,(http://sentencedict.com/bias.html) for example.
120 Bias in the press Most people would have trouble conceiving of the enormity of the bias against testing in the national press.