Sentences with phrase «of potential bias»

Those who question the validity of some of the comparisons from the insurance providers because of potential bias will find an alternative with this option.

It is important for researchers to be aware of this potential bias.

This brief has considered sources of potential bias when we use value - added scores to compare teachers working in different schools.

Cognitive — behavioural therapy for the symptoms of schizophrenia: systematic review and meta - analysis with examination of potential bias.

I am interested to know how you scored and rated your observers, what kind of training you provided to them and how you did address the issue of potential bias.

Ravitch does not understand the direction of the potential bias from attrition.

The move appeared to be an attempt to get out in front of some of the criticism of potential bias, and Facebook also published a 28 - page internal document about how Trending Topics functions.

«The interpretation of the results is not simple because of a number of potential biases which can affect the results,» says project leader Elisabeth Cardis, a professor at the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park.

«We need to make sure that the power holders at various levels — be it in organisations or in politics — are aware of this potential bias so that they can counteract it if necessary,» says Dr Guinote.

S4B; see SI Text, Investigation of Potential Bias for investigation of potential bias in our data).

And by the way, in spite of potential biases, the trend in cat 4 and 5 in EPAC is negative in the last thirty years.

Examples of potential biasing problems in the application of RCS are illustrated by reference to several published studies.

Any future metrics of model behaviour should take account of potential biases arising from this region of the atmosphere, especially if the stratosphere is poorly resolved as is the case in HadSM3

Cook13 also went the additional step to be self - skeptical of potential bias that could have been introduced by raters (as Andy Skuce aptly pointed out with section 4.1, and Tom Curtis has repeated pointed out), by asking scientist to self - rate their own research.

The wedge labelled «Estimated ARC trend uncertainty» represents the spread of potential bias in the satellite data relative to the end of the time series.

Absent further evidence of potential bias, a Facebook friendship between judges and counsel shouldn't even be worthy of mention as grounds for recusal.

While it is human nature to want to «win,» both lawyers and doctors have an ethical obligation to be mindful of potential biases and external motivations, and do what they can to negate them.

For instance, districts are concerned that their placement policy may disadvantage low - income and minority students because these students tend to have lower test scores and because of potential bias in teacher recommendations.

I'm aware of this potential bias and am careful not to ascribe too much brilliance to the former category and too little to the latter.

Among the areas determined to be flawed and in need of more research are: accuracy and error rates of forensic analyses, sources of potential bias and human error in interpretation by forensic experts, fingerprints, firearms examination, tool marks, bite marks, impressions (tires, footwear), bloodstain - pattern analysis, handwriting, hair, coatings (for example, paint), chemicals (including drugs), materials (including fibers), fluids, serology, and fire and explosive analysis.

Scientists should avoid them because they are imprecise, not because of any potential bias.

I'm aware of this potential bias and am careful not to ascribe too much brilliance to the former category and too little to the latter.

The larger problem here is that, practically speaking, federal judges have enormous leeway in deciding whether to take themselves off a case because of potential bias or perceived bias.