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1Bias (electrical engineering) — In electrical engineering, the term bias has the following meanings: # A systematic deviation of a value from a reference value. # The amount by which the average of a set of values departs from a reference value. # Electrical, mechanical,… …
2Malmquist bias — For other uses of Malmquist, see Malmquist (disambiguation). The Malmquist bias refers to an effect in observational astronomy which leads to the preferential detection of intrinsically bright objects. It was first popularized in 1922 by Swedish… …
3Exchange bias — or exchange anisotropy occurs in bilayers (or multilayers) of magnetic materials where the hard magnetization behavior of an antiferromagnetic thin film causes a shift in the soft magnetization curve of a ferromagnetic film. The exchange bias… …
4Media bias — Part of a series on Censorship By media …
5Confirmation bias — (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses regardless of whether the information is true.[Note 1][1] As a result, people gather evidence and recall …
6Len Bias — Infobox NBA Player nickname = caption = Bias after being selected in the 1986 NBA Draft. position = Forward height ft = 6 height in = 8 weight lb = 210 nationality = USA birth date = birth date|1963|11|18 birth place = Landover, Maryland death… …
7personal bias — See bias. As a cause for the disqualification of a judge to sit in the trial of a case, personal bias must amount to personal prejudice against the party. Such bias cannot be shown by a judicial opinion formed on legal evidence offered in open… …
8Home Bias — The tendency for investors to invest in a large amount of domestic equities, despite the purported benefits of diversifying into foreign equities. This bias is believed to have arisen as a result of the extra difficulties associated with… …
9Dolby noise reduction system — Dolby NR is the name given to a series of noise reduction systems developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analogue magnetic tape recording. The first was Dolby A professional noise reduction for recording studios in 1966, but the best known is …
10Dolby noise-reduction system — A Dolby 361 A type noise reduction module Dolby NR is the name given to a series of noise reduction systems developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analog magnetic tape recording. The first was Dolby A, a professional broadband noise reduction …
