El biaix de selecció
Example: El biaix de selecció pot afectar els resultats de l'estudi.
Definition
"El biaix de selecció" refers to a distortion that occurs when the participants or data chosen for a study do not represent the intended population, potentially leading to misleading or invalid results in research.
Etymology
The phrase "el biaix de selecció" comes from Catalan, where "biaix" means bias, derived from Old French 'biais,' meaning slant or oblique, and "selecció" means selection, from Latin 'selectio,' meaning the act of choosing. Did you know that biases like these have long been recognized as critical obstacles in scientific studies?
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"El biaix de selecció" appears in the Vocaplus list "Catalan - Research - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 108 commonly used words.
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