(n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.
(n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
(n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
(n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
(a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
(a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
(adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
(v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such a decrease significantly biased survival (p = 0.001).
(2) Even though attempts to generalize the data from childbearing women to women of childbearing age have an inherent conservative bias, the results of our study suggest that 988 women (95% CI 713 to 1336) aged 15 to 44 years in Quebec had HIV infection in 1989.
(3) These deficiencies in the data compromise HIV surveillance based on diagnostic testing, and supplementary bias-free data are needed.
(4) In addition, despite the fact that the differences constitutes an information bias, the bias occurs in the same direction and magnitude in all the various subgroups and thus is nondifferential.
(5) However, each of the studies had numerous methodological flaws which biased their results against finding a relationship: either their outcome measures had questionable validity, their research designs were inappropriate, or the statistical analyses were poorly conceived.
(6) Methods to minimize bias in the design and implementation of consultation-liaison research are suggested.
(7) Results were inconsistent with both the feature detector fatigue and response bias hypothesis.
(8) Special conditions apply for the scoring of a first and a last bone stage in a sequence, which will introduce less bias in the estimation of individual skeletal maturity with the MAT-method than with the TW-method.
(9) The greater use of health services for female children probably accounts for the female-biased sex ratio among the Mukogodo.
(10) The possibility that selective bias or unmeasured environmental differences might explain the difference in BP between the two groups is discussed.
(11) In Study 4, attributional biases and deficits were found to be positively correlated with the rate of reactive aggression (but not proactive aggression) displayed in free play with peers (N = 127).
(12) Significant biases in the distribution of cases of babesiosis were found with regard to season (P < 0,05), sex (P < 0,001) and coat colour (P < 0.01).
(13) This suggests that monitoring heart rate during limited portions of the day will provide a biased estimate of overall heart rate.
(14) Analogous biases and solutions apply to other sampling problems in health services research.
(15) Only eye position proved statistically significant; straight-ahead eye position induced more bias than did fixation of the visual stimulus.
(16) A model was investigated which simulated choices one may have between disease classification tests, to determine how the required sample size and bias in the estimates of the risk ratio and risk difference varied between tests.
(17) Paradigm relies heavily on social science research and analysis to help companies identify and address the specific barriers and unconscious biases that might be affecting their diversity efforts: things like anonymizing resumes so that employers can’t tell a candidate’s gender or ethnicity, or modifying a salary negotiation process that places women and minorities at a disadvantage.
(18) We confirm that sera from patients on intravenous therapy with lidocaine exhibit a positive bias in results for creatinine but that lidocaine itself does not interfere.
(19) We discuss advantages and disadvantages of total randomization, of Zelen-type randomization procedures, of Efron-type procedures vs more classical blocking procedures to control the balance between groups, and of Simon-Pocock-type procedures vs more classical stratification for controlling possible biases in prognostic factors.
(20) (4) R(XY)(t,tau) is a biased estimator of the shape of h(t), generally over-estimating both its time to peak and its rise time.
Discriminatory
Definition:
(a.) Discriminative.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the 968 patients, the area under the fasting plasma glucose receiver operating characteristic curve was greater than that under the glucose screening test curve, indicating greater discriminatory value of the former test.
(2) Single neurons in the midbrain tegmentum of rats showed clear discriminatory responses to three tones announcing either food or water or no reinforcement.
(3) The presence of Hollenhorst plaques or retinal artery occlusion did not have any discriminatory diagnostic value since the incidence was similar in both patient groups.
(4) A statistical analysis of the combination assay using CA 125, CA 19-9, tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA), immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP), ferritin and CEA was carried out by multivariate method (discriminatory analysis) in 45 patients with ovarian carcinoma and 50 healthy subjects.
(5) Examination and documentation of discriminatory practices based on sex points to the areas in which women must direct their demands for equality.
(6) The technique was highly reproducible and discriminatory.
(7) It is concluded that a computerized analysis of sperm swimming speed is a reliable and rapid mode for evaluating semen samples and offers more discriminatory sperm motion characteristics than the RSA.
(8) PyMS is a rapid and relatively inexpensive technique for the investigation of nosocomial S. aureus infection and was more discriminatory than phage typing in this instance.
(9) In this study other biochemical and physical tests were applied to a group of fetuses with deviating BPD growth in order to improve the discriminatory rate between infants subsequently born AGA or SGA.
(10) The fear, sinking to bottom, lack of schooling and non discriminatory pattern in treated fish were because of neurodepression.
(11) Depictions of them by the likes of the Daily Mail as destitute Roma, desperate to leave shacks in the shanty towns of Sofia, are denounced as discriminatory and ill-informed.
(12) While there were differences in the amide absorption band ratios, these were difficult to relate to the individualization of the hair samples and did not appear to have a sufficient discriminatory value for routine forensic use.
(13) The discriminatory efficacy of one single progesterone determination was independent of the actual HCG level and serial determinations of progesterone did not increase the discriminatory power.
(14) What is worrying is that they are giving me evidence that they are not being treated like normal EU members, that they have to sign specific contracts if they want to continue with new work.” She said this was discriminatory under EU law.
(15) It is impossible to see how a regulator operating under rules imposed by politicians, and enforced by draconian and discriminatory provisions for damages and costs in civil cases, could be said to be either voluntary or independent."
(16) There is no discriminatory role in the immunologic detection of HLA-DR for differential diagnosis of salivary gland tumors.
(17) Stepwise linear discriminant analysis of the data from the first 200 patients identified a significant (p less than 0.001) discriminatory combination.
(18) They must change any discriminatory laws and promote equality and non-violent behaviours.
(19) In this investigation no single factor was discriminatory and it was not possible to predict with any degree of certainty those kidneys liable to delayed function or to non-function.
(20) US supreme court justices strongly challenged a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriages as discriminatory, motivated by prejudice and diminishing the power of individual states to regulate marriage.