personal bias

  • 1personal bias — index prejudice (preconception) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2personal 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… …

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  • 3personal equation — noun variability attributable to individual differences • Hypernyms: ↑variability, ↑variableness, ↑variance * * * noun 1. : a constant or systematic deviation from an assumed correct observational result depending on personal qualities of the… …

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  • 4personal equation — the tendency to personal bias that accounts for variation in interpretation or approach and for which allowance must be made. [1835 45] * * * …

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  • 5bias — bi·as / bī əs/ n: a personal and often unreasoned judgment for or against one side in a dispute: prejudice a judge disqualified because of bias Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 6bias — bi‧as [ˈbaɪəs] noun biases PLURALFORM [countable, uncountable] MARKETING in market research, errors in results, usually caused by working with a group of people who are not typical of the group you want to know about, or by asking confusing… …

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  • 7Bias disorder — Bias disorder, also known as extreme bias disorder, is a mental condition not yet fully accepted by the mental health/science community. However, it is currently being considered to be added to the official list of actual mental disorders: the… …

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  • 8bias — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, definite, marked, obvious, significant, strong ▪ blatant ▪ slight …

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  • 9personal — adj. 1 one s own; individual; private. 2 done or made in person (made a personal appearance; my personal attention). 3 directed to or concerning an individual (a personal letter). 4 referring (esp. in a hostile way) to an individual s private… …

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  • 10personal — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ It felt too personal to tell you. ▪ become, get ▪ Am I getting …

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