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noun
- A graph in the form of boxes of different heights, with each box representing a different value for categorical data.
noun
- In mathematics, the bell shaped curve that is typical of the normal distribution.
noun ( wikipedia, Bias (disambiguation), bias) ( es, -, pl2=biasses)
- (countable) (uncountable) inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection
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1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.
- : nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much
- (countable) (textile) the diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric
- (electronics) a voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode
- (statistics) the difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it
verb ( bias, es)
- (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
- Our prejudices our views.
adjective
- Arranged in two series.
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