Bia can refer to: The mythological figure in Greek and Ashanti mythology, see Bia (mythology). The Bia River is in West Africa. The Bia language The plant genus Bia Klotzsch, see its synonym Tragia. The mountain Phou Bia in Laos. Slang term for the noun Bitch. BIA is the abbreviation for Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, a technique widely used from fat measurement up to body composition analysis. BIA

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In probability and statistics, if a bias exists it means that the processes involved are not totally random, or one outcome is favoured over others. A bias is a prejudice in a general or specific sense, usually in the sense for having a predilection to one particular point of view or ideology. One is said to be biased if one is influenced by one's biases. A bias could, for example, lead one to accept or not-accept the truth of a claim, not because of the strength of the claim itself, but because it does or does no ...

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Anthropic bias is the bias arising when "your evidence is biased by observation selection effects," according to philosopher Nick Bostrom. This is an extreme generalization of the confirmation bias and the cognitive bias, involving not only mind-set, memory and methodology, but the whole way in which one sees oneself as an entity investigating an environment. The original statement of the problems related to anthropic bias is due to Eugene Wigner's 1960 paper, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Physi ...

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In Greek mythology, Bias was a brother of Melampus who received one third of Argos (see Melampus for more information). Bias married Pero. He was the father of Talaus with Pero. Other related archivesArgos, Greek mythology, Melampus, Pero, Talaus

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Bias tape or bias binding is a narrow strip of fabric, cut on the bias (UK cross-grain). The strip's fibers, being at 45 degrees to the length of the strip, makes it stretchier as well as more fluid and more drapeable compared to a strip that is cut on grain. Many strips can be pieced together into a long "tape". The tape's width varies from about 1/2" to about 3" depending on applications. Bias tape is used in making ...

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Białystok (pronounce: [bȋaːˈwɨstɔk] listen ▶ (help·info), Belarusian: Беласток, Biełastok, Lithuanian: Balstogė, Yiddish ביאַליסטאָק Byalistok is the largest city (pop. 291,300 in 2004) in north-eastern Poland and the capital of Podlasie Voivodship since 1999, previously o ...

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The bias (US) or cross-grain (UK) direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "the bias" or "the cross-grain", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other. Woven fabric is more elastic as well as more fluid in the bias direction, compared to the on-grain direction. This property facilitates garments and garment details that require extra elasticity or drapability or flexibility, such as bias-cut skirts and dresses, neck ...

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A cognitive bias is any of a wide range of observer effects identified in cognitive science and social psychology including very basic statistical, social attribution, and memory errors that are common to all human beings. Biases drastically skew the reliability of anecdotal and legal evidence. Social biases, usually called attributional biases affect our everyday social interactions. And biases related to probability and decision making significantly affect the scientific method which is deliberately designed to minimize such bias fr ...

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Confirmation bias is a type of statistical bias describing the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions. In inductive inference, confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias toward confirmation of the hypothesis under study. To compensate for this observed human tendency, the scientific method is constructed so that we must try to disprove our hypotheses. See falsifiability. Confirmation bias is a phenomenon wherein decision makers have been shown to actively seek out a ...

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Cultural bias is interpreting and judging phenomena in terms particular to one's own culture. This is a danger in any field of knowledge that claims objectivity and universality, such as philosophy and the natural sciences. The problem of cultural bias is central to social and human sciences, such as economics, psychology, anthropology and sociology, which have had to develop methods and theories to compensate for or eliminate cultural bias. Cultural bias occurs when people of a culture make assumptions about conventions, including conventions of language, notation, proof and evidence. They can then mi ...

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Białystok Ghetto Uprising was an insurrection in Poland's Białystok Ghetto against Germany during World War II. It was organised and led by Antyfaszystowska Organizacja Bojowa (Polish for Anti-fascist Military Organisation). Until February 1943 there were approximately 15.000 people still living in the Białystok Ghetto. The Nazis planned to liquidate the Ghetto in February, but due to the outbreak of armed resistance of the local inhabitants the plan was postponed. However, the resettle ...

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Categories: Greek goddesses | African mythology Other related archivesAdrasteia, Aeschylus, African mythology, Apate, Ashanti mythology, Charites, Cratos, Eris, Eros, Greek goddesses, Greek mythology, Hephaestus, Horae, Metis, Moirae, Muses, Nemesis, Nike, Nyame, Pallas, Prometheus, Prometheus Bound, Styx, Thanatos, Themis, Titans, Zelus, Zeus

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One might refer, for example, to the systemic, systematic, or institutional bias of a particular institution in devaluing contributions by women or ethnic minorities. For example, a poetry competition that was consistently won by white men could be subject to suspicion of a bias if there was no inherent reason that white men would consistently be the best poets. Such a bias could be deliberate on the part of the participants or entirely unconscious. For example, the poetry contest might be judged by a pool drawn from its own previous ...

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Media bias towards religion is most obvious in countries where the media is controlled by the state, which is in turn dominated by a particular religion. In these instances, bias against other faiths can be explicit and virulent. But even in countries with freedom of religion and a free press, the dominant religion exerts some amount of influence on the media. In nations where Christianity is the majority faith, reporters tend to focus on the activities of the Christian community, to the exclusion of other faiths. But the opposite may ...

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Bielsko-Biała - Bielsko-Biała constituency. Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bielsko-Biała constituency Falfus Jacek, PiS Kobielusz Antoni, SLD-UP Płonka Edward, PO Smolana Piotr, Samoobrona Sztwiertnia Jan, SLD-UP Szwarc Jan, SLD-UP Tomczykiewicz Tomasz, PO Zadora Stanisław, LPR ...

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One technique used to avoid bias is the "point/counterpoint" or "round table," an adversarial format in which representatives of opposing views comment on an issue. This approach theoretically allows diverse views to appear in the media. However, the person organizing the report still has the responsibility to choose people who really represent the breadth of opinion, to ask them non-prejudicial questions, and to edit or arbitrate their comments fairly. When done carelessly, a point/counterpoint can be as unfair as a simple biased report, by ...

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Weblogs, or blogs, have become over the past few years a formidable screening tool against inaccuracies published by the big medias. Astute readers will look at the blogger's collective rant to discover the multiple facets of a news item, many not mentionned in the original article. Paradoxically, it is the overt and clearly stated bias of blogs that makes them look more honest, and therefore attractive, to readers. As their readership increases, the big media channels cannot ignore their influence and are forced to adapt. With incidents like the "rathergate" affair, blogs have alr ...

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Bias arises from various life, loyalty and local risk and attention concerns that are difficult to separate or codify. They were first identified by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman as a foundation of behavioral economics. Tversky and Kahneman claim that they are at least partially the result of problem-solving using heuristics, including the availability heuristic and the representativeness heuristic. Recently, some scientists (David Funder and Joachim Krueger) have raised doubt as to whether all of the 'biases' are in fact errors. T ...

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Cognitive bias, Cognitive bias - Overview, Cognitive bias - Types of cognitive biases

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One technique used to avoid bias is the "point/counterpoint" or "round table," an adversarial format in which representatives of opposing views comment on an issue. This approach theoretically allows diverse views to appear in the media. However, the person organizing the report still has the responsiblity to choose people who really represent the breadth of opinion, to ask them non-prejudicial questions, and to edit or arbitrate their comments fairly. When done carelessly, a point/counterpoint can be as unfair as a simple biased report, by ...

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Media bias, Media bias - Types of bias, Media bias - Studies and theories of media bias, Media bias - Efforts to correct bias, Media bias - Blogs and media bias, Media bias - History of bias in the mass media, Media bias - Role of language in media bias, Media bias - National and ethnic viewpoint, Media bias - Media Bias and Religion, Media bias - Other influences, Media bias - Bibliography

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