biasing
Distorting fair judgment
Biasing is influencing something in a particular direction, often unfairly or systematically.
In electronics, biasing means applying voltage to a component to establish operating conditions: biasing a transistor.
More broadly, it describes the act of skewing results or perceptions: The wording was biasing respondents toward a particular answer.
Tendency toward something
- tiltingInclined from vertical
- slantingAngled from vertical
- anglingRecreational hook-and-line pursuit
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
predisposing · swaying · weighting · sloping · influencing · tipping · shifting · steering
Extracting subset for study
- weightingAssigning relative importance values
- distortingMisshaping or falsifying
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
overrepresenting · underrepresenting · systematically · variance · outliers · randomization · controlling · adjusting
Electrical potential difference
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
current · resistor · diode · gain · impedance · offset · feedback · grounding
Showing careful judgment
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- prejudgingDeciding before learning facts
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- marginalizingPushing to the fringes
scapegoating · othering · demonizing · typecast · labeling · pigeonholing · generalizing · presuming
leaning
Tendency toward something
skewing · predisposing · swaying · weighting · sloping · influencing · tipping · shifting · steering · directing
sampling
Extracting subset for study
- weightingAssigning relative importance values
- distortingMisshaping or falsifying
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
confounding · overrepresenting · underrepresenting · systematically · variance · outliers · randomization · controlling · adjusting · correcting
voltage
Electrical potential difference
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
circuit · current · resistor · diode · gain · impedance · offset · feedback · grounding · calibration
discriminating
Showing careful judgment
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- prejudgingDeciding before learning facts
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
marginalizing · scapegoating · othering · demonizing · typecast · labeling · pigeonholing · generalizing · presuming · preconceiving
- Transistorstransistor, bipolar, CMOS, collector, gate
- amplifier circuitspreamp, power amp, tube amp, solid state, vacuum tube
- influencingswaying, steering, guiding, directing, shaping
biasingbalancing
Achieving equal distribution
debiasing · equalizing · evening out · neutralizing · leveling
biasingdebiasing
Removing systematic distortion
centering · neutralizing · zeroing · correcting · counterbalancing
biasingcalibrating
Adjusting for accuracy
correcting · validating · rectifying · adjusting · randomizing