biais — meaning in English

English meaning

• bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
• slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.

Senses

biais is used for these senses in English:

• bias (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.

bias — full definition

1. noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
2. noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
3. noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
4. verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.

slant — full definition

1. noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
2. noun A particular point of view or way of presenting something, often biased.
3. verb To lean or tilt at an angle.
4. verb To present information in a biased way.

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