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  2. Observer bias - Wikipedia

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    Observer bias is the tendency of observers to not see what is there, but instead to see what they expect or want to see. This is a common occurrence in the everyday lives of many and is a significant problem that is sometimes encountered in scientific research and studies. [3] Observation is critical to scientific research and activity, and as ...

  3. Scholarly peer review - Wikipedia

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    Scholarly peer review or academic peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of having a draft version of a researcher's methods and findings reviewed (usually anonymously) by experts (or "peers") in the same field. Peer review is widely used for helping the academic publisher (that is, the editor-in-chief, the editorial board or the ...

  4. Outcome bias - Wikipedia

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    The outcome bias is closely related to the philosophical concept of moral luck as in both concepts, the evaluation of actions is influenced by factors that are not logically justifiable. See also. Deontology vs. teleology and consequentialism (ethical theories) Group attribution error; Hindsight bias; Historian's fallacy; List of cognitive biases

  5. Category:Media bias controversies - Wikipedia

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    Media bias controversies. Controversies involving media bias, the bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of many events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective ...

  6. False consensus effect - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In psychology, the false consensus effect, also known as consensus bias, is a pervasive cognitive bias that causes people to "see their own behavioral choices and judgments as relatively common and appropriate to existing circumstances". [1] In other words, they assume that their personal qualities, characteristics, beliefs, and actions ...

  7. Gender bias on Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Wikipedia Monument in SÅ‚ubice, Poland, features both male and female editors. [1] [2] The initial model for the sculpture featured only men. Gender bias on Wikipedia is a term used to describe various gender-related disparities on Wikipedia, particularly the overrepresentation of men among both volunteer contributors and article subjects ...

  8. Wikipedia:Guide to addressing bias - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia:Guide to addressing bias. This page in a nutshell: A guide for editors and readers who want to fix the bias of an article on Wikipedia. Sometimes, you will come across a Wikipedia article that seems to have a serious point-of-view problem. It reads as a biased diatribe against the subject of the article.

  9. Inherent bias - Wikipedia

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    The phrase " inherent bias " refers to the effect of underlying factors or assumptions that skew viewpoints of a subject under discussion. There are multiple formal definitions of "inherent bias" which depend on the particular field of study. In statistics, the phrase is used in relation to an inability to measure accurately and directly what ...