Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 4 compound words that contain biases. The most common are listed below. Open biases in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- cognitive biasesplural of cognitive bias: A systematic deviation from norms of rationality and objectivity in judgment or perception.
- confirmation biasesplural of confirmation bias: A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.
- publication biasesplural of publication bias: The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
- negativity biasesplural of negativity bias: The notion that things of a more negative nature have a greater effect on one's psychological state than neutral or positive things.
- survivorship biasesplural of survivorship bias: A form of selection bias in which only the people or things that "survived" some process are considered, while those that did not are inadvertently overlooked because of their lack of visibility.
- availability biasesplural of availability bias: A tendency of decision-makers to give preference, usually unconsciously, to thoughts with higher availability to (that is, those readily retrievable by) the cognitive activity of the moment, such as recent …
- brake biasesplural of brake bias: The front and rear distribution of braking power. The brake bias should match the traction of the vehicle while braking.
- de-biasesthird-person singular simple present indicative of de-bias: To remove bias (from)
- disposition biasesplural of disposition bias: The tendency of investors to sell assets that have increased in value, while keeping assets that have dropped in value.
- meta-biasesplural of meta-bias: A biasing factor, such as publication bias, that results in the available data becoming artificially skewed.
- selection biasesplural of selection bias: The bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved, thereby ensuring that the sample obtained is not representative of the …
- survival biasesplural of survival bias: A form of selection bias in which only the people or things that "survived" some process are considered, while those that did not are inadvertently overlooked because of their lack of visibility.
- survivor biasesplural of survivor bias: A form of selection bias in which only the people or things that "survived" some process are considered, while those that did not are inadvertently overlooked because of their lack of visibility.
- healthy user biasesplural of healthy user bias: A potential bias in epidemiologic studies, involving the fact that subjects who voluntarily enroll in a clinical trial and actually follow the experimental regimen are likely to be healthier than the general …
- healthy worker biasesplural of healthy worker bias: A potential bias in epidemiologic studies, involving the fact that subjects who voluntarily enroll in a clinical trial and actually follow the experimental regimen are likely to be healthier than the general …
- part-whole biasesplural of part-whole bias: The empirical finding that a good is perceived to have greater value when assessed individually rather than as part of a larger group, often related to contingent valuation.
- normalcy biasesplural of normalcy bias: A human tendency to respond to threat warnings with disbelief or minimization, and to similarly underestimate a disaster's deleterious effects.
- recency biasesplural of recency bias: A cognitive bias that favors recent events over historic ones.
Compound words 4
- cellobiasesplural of cellobiase: The enzyme beta-glucosidase.
- Lambiasesplural of Lambiase: A surname from Italian.
- metabiasesplural of metabias: A biasing factor, such as publication bias, that results in the available data becoming artificially skewed.
- overbiasesthird-person singular simple present indicative of overbias: The use of more bias current in an analog magnetic recorder than is required for maximum sensitivity.