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de-bias

de-bias is the alternative spelling of debias.

Meaning of debias

Verb

debias (third-person singular simple present debiases, present participle debiasing, simple past and past participle debiased)

  1. (transitive) To remove bias (from)
    • Once judgmental biases are identified, researchers start trying to eliminate them using one of two strategies. The first accepts the existence of the bias and concentrates on devising schemes, such as training programs, that will reduce it. The second claims that the bias is not very robust and...1981, Baruch Fischoff, “Debiasing”, in D. Kahneman, P. Slovic, A. Tversky, editors, Judgement under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases, New York: Cambridge University Press

Forms of de-bias

third-person singular presentde-biases
present participlede-biasing
past participlede-biased
pastde-biased

Questions about de-bias

What is de-bias the alternative spelling of?
De-bias is the alternative spelling of debias.

Words near de-bias in the dictionary

  1. de-banked
  2. de-banking
  3. de-banks
  4. de-Bathification
  5. de-Baʻthification
  6. de-bias
  7. de-biased
  8. de-biases
  9. de-biasing
  10. de-biassed
  11. de-biasses

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