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"bias test" is used to examine if someone has a preference or prejudice towards particular groups of people or ideas. It helps identify if they are treating others unfairly based on their own personal beliefs or opinions without realizing it.
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Once they had a population of dogs with SRB tendencies they put them into what they call a cognitive
bias test of affective state.
The result: students whose speech was rated as less friendly also scored worse on the
explicit bias test, whereas those who appeared to be less friendly on the video did worse on the reaction time test, providing evidence that even supposedly hidden bias is often clearly noticeable.
Millar said that everyone — men and women — can benefit from taking implicit
bias tests created by Harvard researchers who study the phenomenon.
On a country -
road biased test programme, our Focus Trend averaged 7.6 L / 100 km — in itself not unreasonable, but not good enough to raise appreciative eyebrows.
Fund manager and value blogger Nick Kirrage reveals his results in an investment IQ test designed to help investors understand their biases
The
gender bias test, in particular, will show you if you tend to associate women with motherly familial traits and men with work - related traits.
I could offer you what I believe to be evidence there is no God, but you'd dismiss it out of hand with some rationalization because it doesn't pass
your bias test.
They write «We explore a wide range of possible explanations in the U.S. data, including less investment by girls in math, low parental expectations, and
biased tests, but find little support for any of these theories.»
St. Charles began its efforts to improve minority participation in gifted and talented programs in much the same way as countless other districts, focusing on how to remove one of two potential roadblocks in the way of qualified minority students — biased teachers or
biased tests.
Jackson J took Georgiou v EnfieldLondon Borough Council [2004] EWHC 779 (Admin), [2004] All ER (D) 135 (Apr) as establishing that
the bias test applies equally in cases of apparent predetermination.
In addition to sharpening focus on key aspects of bias and predetermination, the bridge he managed to build between the more trusting and more restrictive approaches respectively of Collins J in Island Farm and Richards J in Georgiou is useful based on the «appropriate caution» counsel from Richards J and the consequent view that
the bias test should not be applied in a way that will render local authority decisionmaking impossible or unduly difficult.
The fact that the juror knew the officers in the case reasonably well and had worked with them was enough to satisfy
the bias test as regards her.
For instance, I took an unconscious -
bias test myself, of the kind that lots of U.S. companies now offer.