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biased sample [¦bī·əst ′sam·pəl]

(statistics)

A sample obtained by a procedure that incorporates a systematic error introduced by taking items from a wrong population or by favoring some elements of a population.

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No references found			Unfortunately 127 participants were excluded and, therefore, results were based on a potentially biased sample. Did authors draw the right conclusion? by Long, Audrey; May, Stephen / Australian Journal of Physiotherapy Their concern about a biased sample selection is equally unfounded. Fragrance sensitivity article questioned by Waserman, Susan; Keith, Paul / Journal of Environmental Health Given the taxonomically and physiologically biased sample of studies of drought adapation strategies among pteridophytes, the aim of the present study was to assess the variability of drought stress strategies among pteridophytes by experimentally desiccating and rehydrating excised leaves (leafy stem sections in the case of Selaginella) from 43 pteridophytes belonging to a wide range of taxonomic groups and morphological types. Desiccation and rehydration experiments on leaves of 43 pteridophyte ... by Kessler, Michael; Siorak, Yvonne / American Fern Journal			bianchite Bianco, Margery Bianki, Vitalii Bianki, Vitalii Valentinovich Bianou Biard, Pierre Biarmiia Biarritz Biarritz Meetings bias bias cell bias compensation bias current bias distortion bias error bias meter bias oscillator bias register bias resistor bias telegraph distortion bias voltage bias winding bias-belted tire bias-ply tire biased automatic gain control biased sample biased statistic Biashim Iusupovich Nurali Biashim Nurali Biathlon Biax biaxial bending biaxial crystal biaxial indicatrix biaxial stress Biazzi process bib bib nozzle bib tap bib valve Bibai bibb bibb cock Bibb County Bibb, William Bibb, William Wyatt Bibbiena, Galli da bibcock bibenzyl Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Bibescu			bias telegraph distortion Bias Transfer Roller Bias voltage Bias voltage Bias voltage Bias voltage Bias voltage bias winding bias-belted tire Bias-Free Multi-Path Equalization Time Delay Estimator Bias-ply Bias-ply bias-ply tire bias-ply tire BIASA BIASAN BIASC BIASD biased biased biased biased biased biased biased automatic gain control Biased expectations theories Biased Expectations Theory Biased Gene Conversion Biased Markov Chain Biased Resistive Contrast Imaging biased sample Biased Square-Law Sequence Detection biased statistic Biased Target Ion Beam Deposition Biased-Life Test biases biases biases biases biases biases Biashim Iusupovich Nurali Biashim Nurali biasing biasing biasing biasing biasing biasing Biasing (electronics) Biasing (electronics) Biasiswa Kecemerlangan Menteri Besar Biasiswa Pinjaman Kerajaan Negeri Sarawak biassed biassed biassed biassed biassed biassed biasses biasses

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