bias
(bī′ăs)
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[Fr. biais, oblique]
In experimental medicine, statistics, and epidemiology, any effect or interference tending to produce results that depart systematically from the true value. Particular biases are listed under the first word.
e.g., SEE: citation bias; SEE: geographical bias; SEE: spectrum bias
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Bias." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730664/all/bias.
Bias. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730664/all/bias. Accessed December 9, 2024.
Bias. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730664/all/bias
Bias [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730664/all/bias.
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