Sentences with phrase «to minimize bias»

- Improve the validity and reliability of criteria used to classify the performance of schools and districts to ensure fair evaluations and to minimize bias in accountability decisions.

However, the researchers tried to minimize this bias by doing comparisons of similar - intensity studies.

It calls attention to the proper assessment method and to the importance of minimizing any bias that might distort estimates of student learning.

The availability of test scores in multiple subjects for each student permits us to estimate a model with student fixed effects, which helps minimize any bias associated with the non-random distribution of teachers and students among classrooms within schools.

Eliminate or minimize the bias against small houses.

Minimizing bias in target selection by exploiting multidisciplinary Big Data and the protein interactome MedChemNet 29 November 2016

Quote: «we sought to minimize bias by restricting access to allocation assignment, stripping group assignment from study databases to which research staff had access, and omitting group identifiers from participant interview form.»

Given the systematic biases imparted by both data errors and infilling methods, a simple averaging across available datasets is not an effective means of minimizing bias (32).

In particular, our use of intensive interviews of childhood experience and attachment style allowed obtaining contextualized in - depth information that is not easily afforded through questionnaire approaches (and serves to minimize biases associated with subjective responding).

A great way to minimize biases is to have multiple people in the room conducting the research, with at least one of them trained about the biases inherent in research.

While the head of diversity at Apple shared her view that even a racially homogenous team can be diverse because of their life experiences, embracing cultural diversity and minimizing bias are still the primary goals of most innovation oriented companies.

This minimizes bias both in the sample itself and in the way customers respond to the survey.

Often, a first good step in minimizing biases is recognizing they exist.

Teachers can minimize bias in a number of ways.

You will also be trained to recognize and minimize bias.

To minimize biases, they: include live and dead funds; remove the first 18 months of returns for each fund; consider only funds that have at least 36 monthly returns and average assets under management $ 10 million; and, consider only funds that report net monthly excess returns in U.S. dollars.

Prof. Gardner raises concerns about the construction of the images, the selection of the attributes, the impact of more detailed learning, and the relative importance of attributes, although she kindly acknowledges the meticulous work we did to minimize biases in many of these areas.

Make sure your teenager is prepared to be respectful and courteous in court to minimize this bias.

Steps were taken to minimize this bias (Penrod, Preston, Cain, & Starks, 2003) such as clearly defining the population in question and initiating chains appropriately.