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debiassing

debiassing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about debiassing

What is debiassing the present participle and gerund of?
Debiassing is the present participle and gerund of debias.

Words near debiassing in the dictionary

  1. debiasers
  2. debiases
  3. debiasing
  4. debiassed
  5. debiasses
  6. debiassing
  7. debigulate
  8. debigulated
  9. debigulates
  10. debigulating
  11. debil-debil

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