observer bias
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobserverandbias
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observer
noun[C]
uk/əbˈzɜː.vər/us/əbˈzɝː.vɚ/
a person who watches what happens but has no active part ...
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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 ofobserverandbiasfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Both of these factors were designed to eliminateobserverbias.
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Pragmatically, the randomized trial is relevant whenever there is likely to be selection bias, with double-blinding where there is likely to beobserverbias.
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Reporting bias andobserverbiascould not be ruled out, but were reduced by applying highly structured instruments and employing trained researchers.
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On the other hand, it is poorly standardized and might be subject toobserverbiasas an outcome measure.
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This is a standard semi-structured, rule-based interview eliminatingobserverbias.
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The interviewer was not masked to diagnosis, so there may have been someobserverbias, particularly when using an interview.
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Observerbiasis stronger and the use of standardized methodology has been limited.
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The disadvantages of this type of study include the inherent biases such as selection bias (sampling, ascertainment and participation bias) and information bias (recall andobserverbias).
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However, assessing the patient on the basis of overreaction has raised concerns regardingobserverbias and idiosyncrasies related to the patient's culture.
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Self-experimentation provides superior evidence to mere anecdotal evidence, because the entire experimental is explicitly designed to test a hypothesis, but is subject toobserverbias.
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These include access to health care, completeness and accuracy in medical records,observerbias, patient satisfaction, and cultural preferences in health care.
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Practitioners of positivism today acknowledge in far greater detailobserverbiasand structural limitations.
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Arguments identifying human and animal behaviour are characterized as anthropomorphism, and in some cases an oppositeobserverbiasis attributed to researchers.
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Today, practitioners of both social and physical sciences recognize the distorting effect ofobserverbiasand structural limitations.
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Judging transparency can be difficult, due toobserverbias, in which subjective like/dislike of a certain compression methodology emotionally influences his or her judgment.
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Boas, however, argued that complete integration is rare and that a given culture only appears to be integrated because ofobserverbias.
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Today, practitioners of both social and physical sciences instead take into account the distorting effect ofobserverbiasand structural limitations.
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The review found that the evidence was of moderate quality: many studies did not attempt to reduceobserverbias, control for confounding factors, report variance measures, or use appropriate analysis.
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