Open AccessEthical Practice of Forensic Engineering: Avoiding the Hidden Bias
Author(s) -
E. Joyce Dixon
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of the national academy of forensic engineers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2379-3252
pISSN - 2379-3244
DOI - 10.51501/jotnafe.v3i2.402
Subject(s) - point (geometry) , psychology , confirmation bias , temperament , social psychology , object (grammar) , epistemology , cognitive psychology , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , personality , geometry
During the study of Sociology the student is confronted with the word bias.Bias as defined in Websters New International Dictionary is:An inclination of temperament or outlook: such prepossession with someobject or point of view that the mind does not respond impartially to anything related to this object or point of view (the most pernicious kind of bias consists in falsely supposing yourself to have none).