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bias

[bahy-uhs] / ˈbaɪ əs /


NOUN
diagonal weave of fabric
Synonyms
VERB
cause to favor
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Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
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be fair be impartial be just


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“We expect his leadership to lean toward a balanced and pragmatic policy approach rather than outright tightening bias,” Ma said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most experiments were small, and the evaluations “rely exclusively on survey data and are thus subject to reporting bias and non-response bias.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The section instructed medical school faculty to make sure doctors-in-training “learn to recognize and appropriately address biases in themselves, in others and in the healthcare delivery process.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But now, artificial intelligence is vulnerable to biased training.

From The Wall Street Journal

The team in a report released this week cautioned that these gaps need to be addressed to “avoid creating a self-reinforcing cycle of biases, underrepresentation and weaker productivity gains.”

From Barron's