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metabias

metabias noun: a biasing factor, such as publication bias, that results in the available data becoming artificially skewed.

Noun

metabias (plural metabiases)

  1. A biasing factor, such as publication bias, that results in the available data becoming artificially skewed.
    • An algorithm needs some method of altering its base bias as it is presented with sets of instances. The major claim of this paper is that, as the vast majority of algorithms are intended for use on a collection of problem instances, that meta bias is therefore necessary. Evidence for the fact that...2010, John R. Woodward, Nottingham, “The Necessity of Meta Bias in Search Algorithms”, in International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering (CiSE), number Dec., IEEE...
    • One of the most important metabiases is reporting bias. Only about 50% of randomised trials ultimately reach publication in a journal indexed in a major electronic database2012, AJ Nordmann, B Kasenda, M Briel, “Meta-analyses: what they can and cannot do”, in Swiss medical weekly^([smw.ch])

Examples of metabias in a sentence

  • Given the topic of this review, formal assessment of metabiases such as publication bias or selective reporting within studies was not feasible.2017, FR Schroeck, BL Jacobs, SB Bhayani, PL Nguyen, D Penson, J Hu, “Cost of New Technologies in Prostate Cancer Treatment: Systematic...
  • Metabiases / We will plot study sample size against effect size to evaluate whether these are skewed and asymmetrical in the presence of publication bias and other biases.2021, Desai S, Mehta KM, Singh RJ, et al., “Effects of integrated economic and health interventions with women’s groups on health-related...

Forms of metabias

pluralmetabiases
alternative formmeta-bias
alternative formmeta bias

Origin of metabias

From meta- + bias.

Questions about metabias

What does metabias mean?
Metabias means a biasing factor, such as publication bias, that results in the available data becoming artificially skewed.
How do you use metabias in a sentence?
Given the topic of this review, formal assessment of metabiases such as publication bias or selective reporting within studies was not feasible.
What part of speech is metabias?
Metabias is a noun.
What is the plural of metabias?
The plural of metabias is metabiases.

Words near metabias in the dictionary

  1. metabelianization
  2. metabelianizations
  3. metabelief
  4. metabeliefs
  5. metabentonite
  6. metabias
  7. metabiases
  8. metabiological
  9. metabiologist
  10. metabiologists
  11. metabiology

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