I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gender bias
gender bias/inequality/discrimination (= when one gender is treated unfairly )
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Her research investigates gender bias in the classroom.
sex bias
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She has taken out a lawsuit against her employer, accusing them of sex bias.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cultural
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This session also provides an opportunity to look at cultural bias and racism in materials.
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Women are discriminated against in employment and educational opportunities and suffer from pervasive cultural and traditional biases and prejudices.
free
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These courses are independent, free from commercial bias and partners are encouraged to attend.
personal
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But they were not always popular among the citizens because they were suspected of arbitrariness and personal bias .
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Sometimes knowledge of the members of the review team will suggest particular concerns and personal biases .
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What personal biases and distortions are likely to be present?
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In this I would admit to a personal bias toward flexibility and a lateral approach.
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Finally, task descriptions differ with the personal biases of analysts and the reasons why they are conducting the analysis.
political
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Each of these has a different editorial policy and, to a lesser or greater degree, a political bias .
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I don't give a darn if the results don't coincide with the editorial board's political biases !
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Omissions are most patent perhaps in surveys made with a political bias .
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He's a little young for political bias .
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The two sides called upon the police to act without political bias .
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Secondly, there is the problem of political bias in book and periodical selection in libraries.
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In the past it was criticised for political bias .
racial
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In practice the Act requires teachers to avoid racial bias in the performance of their teaching and pastoral duties.
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But this looks like racial bias , it smells like racial bias, it is racial bias of the worst kind.
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Women's groups also resented the imposition of limits for gender discrimination while damages for racial bias were unlimited.
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But this looks like racial bias , it smells like racial bias, it is racial bias of the worst kind.
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The signing of Tendulkar was described as a whitewash merely to cover racial bias .
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Congress may adopt a racial-justice amendment that would allow blacks to appeal against conviction on the ground of systematic racial bias .
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Mark Fuhrman, who was subsequently criticized for racial bias by both defense lawyers and prosecutors.
strong
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On the other hand, while self help by its very nature is participatory, it has a strong middle class bias .
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Some sources have a subtle rather than a very strong and obvious bias .
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An alternative with a strong constitutional law bias is Hartley and Griffith's Government and Law.
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It is an area of study with a strong academic bias , the foundations of which were none the less in local exploration.
■ NOUN
class
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On the other hand, while self help by its very nature is participatory, it has a strong middle class bias .
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To date, there has always been a middle class bias in participation in formal organisations.
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The social class bias in university entrance is not matched by a corresponding bias in university performance.
gender
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In Amalgamemnon the technique of mimétisme is generalized as the awareness of gender bias becomes more prominent.
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Is this clear evidence of gender bias in the manual?
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Psychological theories support two main forms of gender bias .
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Procedural gender biases are a source of serious anxiety in a science as powerfully dependent on method as psychology.
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Sociobiology's gender biases emerge more generally in its selectivity about genetics.
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Woman-centred psychologists also criticize the gender bias of traditional psychological method.
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Their attempts to provide more objective methods do not challenge the gender bias involved in psychological notions of objectivity.
selection
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Comparing many countries is susceptible to statistical analysis, which helps eliminate possible sources of selection bias and spuriousness.
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The strength of experimental studies is that randomisation removes selection bias .
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Is there a problem of selection bias ?
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We have an example of selection bias as described in Section 15.2.7.
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This is thought to reflect a selection bias .
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Chapter 2 provides an exhaustive review of problems with selection bias .
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A good review of historical sources of selection bias .
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Prospective information on cycle variability during treatment would have led to potential selection bias .
■ VERB
accuse
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In a speech on Dec. 1 Moi warned of interference by Western countries, which he accused of bias .
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Researchers who speak plainly are likely to find themselves embroiled in controversy and accused of unscientific bias .
allege
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Some people alleged a bias towards the Conservatives, while others alleged a bias against the Conservatives, for example.
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The Morgan Stanley suit is thought to have been the first to allege workplace bias via electronic mail.
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Some people alleged a bias towards the Conservatives, while others alleged a bias against the Conservatives, for example.
avoid
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In practice the Act requires teachers to avoid racial bias in the performance of their teaching and pastoral duties.
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We attempted to avoid this bias by offering endoscopy to every asthmatic patient regardless of the presence or absence of reflux symptoms.
introduce
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It also introduces a dangerous bias .
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That would introduce a bias toward heart trouble among calcium channel blocker users.
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It is important to distinguish the influences of both, as both may introduce particular sets of biases into the fossil assemblage.
reflect
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The whole emphasis is placed on the terms being negated, thereby reflecting a profound bias towards aggression as the norm.
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But as we will see, the superiors' point of view about the managerial role also reflected their biases .
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Much of this reflects the entrenched acute-service bias of the National Health Service, and major change would have far-reaching implications.
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But at 8-10 in the Big East, does their entry reflect East Coast bias ?
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These are learned at an early age and reflect the bias and background of our parents.
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The questions reflected a prosecutorial bias .
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The classroom content reflects a clear socialist bias .
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The high proportion of adults with cystic fibrosis in non-manual occupations may reflect selection or response bias .
show
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Several proprietary fertilizers, mixed and formulated specifically for roses, show a marked bias in favour of one or other element.
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Secondly, they show a clear bias towards the problems and prospects of developing countries.
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Midlands have little form and against the South showed a defensive bias and no discernible pattern.
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The courts have shown a similar bias , though usually for a different reason.
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There is no need to show bias .
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Crystal has shown how this bias in linguistics carries over into lay views of language.
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She also shows her bias for Bassanio in the music she plays when he is choosing the caskets.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Conservatives say the press has a liberal bias .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Arbitrariness, malice, or bias are examples of improper considerations.
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Comment on this study proposal, discussing any possible sources of bias likely to be encountered, as well as such problems as non-response.
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Some documents offer superb examples of bias .
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Surprisingly, perceptions of bias never had a significant impact on usefulness-ratings.
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The ownership and biases of the media have been an issue of continuing interest to analysts.
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The social sciences at this stage had the opposite bias .
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These courses are independent, free from commercial bias and partners are encouraged to attend.
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What worried Ross was a dangerous bias .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Many cultures bias their legacies, parental care, sustenance, and favoritism toward sons at the expense of daughters.
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The argument that acquired immunity may bias the measurement of parasite resistance or limit the progression of those parasites deserves comment.
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The failure of animal breeders to produce a strain that can bias the gender of its offspring is glaring.
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The method we used to check the network for integrity was purposely to bias the output for selected input vector sets.