Bias: "A statistical sampling or testing error caused by systematically favoring some outcomes over others."
Prejudice: "An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts."
What we have done is no more or less than we have at other times: Saying that the researcher's personal experiences might have given her results a biased slant.
I will always be biased against car drivers because I ride a motorbike and my experieces with them have not been very good.
I am not, nor ever will be, prejudiced against transgenders or homosexuals until they start getting in my face, and that will only be on a person-to-person basis. My best friend, whom I have known for over 12 years now, is a lesbian, and I would be lost without her. |
