Bias

The 1960s was a time of great change in America; controversial problems were being addressed and rights were being fought for. A topic that was being brought up by the general population of women was the issue of gender inequality. Women realized the level of inequality, they faced and started to fight back. Through a series of protests and speeches, women began to gain their equality in many different aspects of life. The feminist movement of the 1960s in the United States helped women…

Many news sources covered gun violence and potential gun policies in the wake of the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon. Each news outlet that covered the issue did it in a slightly different way, and in many cases with some bias. This bias can be caused by a variety of factors, such as the outlet’s target audience, who sponsors the outlet, and even the author’s socioeconomic background. The Washington Post is one of the most well respected news sources in world on both the Internet…

Sample The population of interest for this study were employed women (ranging in ages from 18-45) living in the United States. A list of employees from four different types of occupations were used as a sampling frame to form a population to sample from. Employment records from traditionally male-dominated workplaces: Engineering and police work as well as from female-dominated workplaces: nursing and reception work (INSERT CITATION FROM WEBSITE). By using this sampling frame, it should…

assumptions must be valid or the study is worthless (Leedy & Ormrod, 2010). Creswell (2013) postulated four fundamental philosophical assumptions. Assumption 1: Ontological assumption: Concerns the nature of reality, that is, a view that qualitative study is assuming the notion of several truths, such as the use of several types of evidence in themes using the actual words of different participants and presenting different perspectives (Creswell, 2013). The ontological assumptions made for this…

and appealing were often those who described themselves as outsiders” (Paul 5). The author implements this quote supporting unpopularity even though it does not provide any factual evidence to support her claims, which displays bias in her writing. If a reader recognizes bias, it lowers the effectiveness of the piece as it discredits the author. Finally, the entire…

inappropriate and raise a red flag. Likewise, a situational bias may arise. For example, if the test’s task was to describe this picture where a mother is setting on the table and her child is setting on the coach crying. A Hispanic student may give an answer of “he is upset because his mother is sitting far way from him”. Such an answer might not be acceptable especially if the student’s cultural background was not considered. A content bias may be expected as well. If the test items included…

approximately 12% of the population, as stated in the Henrich article. The implications for studies which focus on one type of participants can lead research to only be relevant in one part of the world. In doing this, we limit ourselves and create a bias towards what is expected of people from other cultures. These biases can especially translate into forms of discrimination. For example, if children are taught a specific way of solving problems at school, usually analytical problem solving in…

with the family and begin to build a therapeutic alliance. Ignorance of the culture also likely plays a big influence in my own personal biases. As a former military veteran, serving in a conflict involving a culture that was predominantly Muslim, my bias towards the fact that the family is Muslim, evidenced by their use of the Koran, is a reality. In addition to my own personal experience, I am subject to the daily influence of mainstream media which tends to report violent acts of terror,…

Prejudice is a very common attitude in today’s society. A negative attitude toward people who belong to a specific social group,” is the common definition, which leads to the topic of racism. All over the country, I’ve heard people attribute racism to parents teaching their children a certain way and that is what ultimately leads to it. However, the scientific study of prejudice explains that racial and ethnic groups are far more alike than different. It also explains that differences between…

and occurs when a recent event affects an officer’s entire rating (Peak et al, 2010). For example, an officer arrests a serial bank robber and it is his only high risk arrest of the year, but receives high marks on everything because of it. Rater bias is simply when a rater gives high or low marks simply because of personal feelings (Peak et al, 2010). Constant error problem occurs when a rarer rates a group too low, too high, or too much in the middle without any clear logic (Peak et al,…