Sentences with phrase «potential bias against»

That was a preremtory strike, she acknowledged, that she could have used against another juror if potential bias against her were not in play.

«There were only a handful of studies for each of the 19 instruments, and very few looked at anything that could give us insight into potential bias against racial or minority groups.»

To address allegations of bias, Facebook is bringing in two outside advisors — one to conduct a legal audit of its impact on underrepresented communities and communities of color, and another to advise the company on potential bias against conservative voices.

Not exact matches

This obligation tends to be under - appreciated in the midst of financial asset bubbles when recency bias blunts the desire to sacrifice the potential for further gains in exchange for protection against losses.

what the f**k are all these northern monkeys coming on an arsenal blog for - barton is a sneaky c ** t & knew what he was up to with a potential leg breaking follow through tackle & if any of you neanderthals know ANYTHING about football you'd admit it!but then again when an arsenal hating, useless prick, biased referee will let these thing go what do you expect - does help when you're up against 10 men, corrupt ref though - this i might remind you is the same ref who comically sent wenger to the statds at old trafford for throwing a bottle to the floor!the c ** t has an agenda against us & we sufferd as a result.

He and his supervisor at Cambridge University felt that potential post-Brexit bias against British scientists meant that it «wasn't worth continuing».

«There was definitely a bias... against people going into nonacademic careers, that they were somehow not using their full potential, that they were only doing it because they couldn't do anything else,» she says.

Because of the potential for bias against new and unfamiliar ideas induced by the above practice I believe the peer review system of the NIH as presently constituted, has inherent tendencies to protectionism.

My own research has suggested the potential importance of reference bias due to differences in school climate, leading me to caution in this series against proposals to incorporate survey - based measures of non-cognitive skills into high - stakes accountability systems.

Mr. Richmond argues that most districts are ill - equipped to be effective charter authorizers, and may have a bias against approving them, fearing competition and the potential loss of aid for students who leave the regular school system.

As the demographics of classrooms and school buildings continue to evolve, it is important to examine the extent to which race may influence how teachers interpret and respond to students» behavior and to guard against potential bias.

(It can have the unintended consequence of encouraging investors to follow their natural instincts — anchoring, availability heuristic, recency bias, etc. — and chase returns instead of weighing prices against potential default rates, earnings growth, etc..)

We observe a cooling trend from 1 to 1800 ce that is robust against explicit tests for potential biases in the reconstructions.

«There is great concern that a lack of males could lead to inbreeding in small populations of marine turtles, potentially causing a population crash,» explained Lucy Wright, a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter who led the study, «however our research suggests that there are more males out there than expected considering the female - biased hatchling sex ratios and that their mating patterns will buffer the population against any potential feminising effects of climate change.»

Jury instructions typically leave the jury with wide discretion in choosing amounts, and the presentation of evidence of a defendant's net worth creates the potential that juries will use their verdicts to express biases against big businesses, particularly those without strong local presences.

A selection of potential defendants is beneficial because it opens up the opportunity to select a venue with fewer biases against or other inconveniences for your client.

When balanced against the prejudicial effect of allowing evidence of professional liability insurance, the potential for bias in this case is so remote as to warrant exclusion.

However it's important to recognize the potential for bias from a company that has a need to sell services to camera developers, while also scoring the results from companies that it works closely with against those it doesn't.