possible bias
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpossibleandbias
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possible
adjective
uk/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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bias
noun
uk/ˈbaɪ.əs/us/ˈbaɪ.əs/
the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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(Definition ofpossibleandbiasfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One might also interview authentic patients of all physicians as a way of "triangulation" to correct forpossiblebiasfrom the observers.
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Selecting only subjects with collateral data introducespossiblebias.
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Assuming constant within-year survival introduced apossiblebias.
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Democratic partisans might object that this third iteration does not yet include any adjustment forpossiblebiasin registration data.
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A limitation inherent to observational research of the variety exemplified by this study is thepossiblebiasthat comes with sampling.
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We discuss each source ofpossiblebiasin turn as we explain the choice of variables and model specification.
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Even the dictionary look-up technique involves an element ofpossiblebiasin favour of agreeing with the machine.
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Such systems appear to provide objective, public, and impartial ways to allocate organs by reducing institutional and professional discretion andpossiblebias.
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This procedure should ensure that concerns overpossiblebiascaused by using a purely systematic method of collection are allayed.
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Accounting for thispossiblebias, we use an instrumental variable approach.
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To examine thepossiblebiasintroduced thereby, we obtained # estimates for our multivariate analysis by bootstrap with 10 000 replicates.
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To address thispossiblebias, we re-fit our full model incorporating age effects but found only trivial changes in our parameter estimates.
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Certainly, required statements of conflict of interest from authors and editors of leading medical journals are intended to revealpossiblebias.
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Anotherpossiblebiasresults from differential sampling, that is, over/under sampling physicians on characteristics that impact the performance evaluations.
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We are uncertain, however, about the nature of anypossiblebias.
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In this case we would be concerned withpossiblebiasdue to party-specific effects omitted from the model.
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Because this may introduce apossiblebiasin the results (data retrieval bias), retrieving as much of this missing data as possible is important.
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To avoidpossiblebiasof estimate caused by over simplification, a two-component exponential function was applied.
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The directions ofpossiblebiasare difficult to estimate but it was noticed that the active professional fathers were less willing to co-operate in the work.
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