Pohar Perme et al. showed the commonly used Ederer II method and other methods are potentially biased when interest lies in an overall average of net survival and suggest an alternative (the Pohar Perme method) [ 14].
This explains why the scientist employs quantitative techniques that obviate the biases, interests and eccentricities of the individual person.
This explains why the sociologist employs qualitative techniques that value the biases, interests and eccentricities of the individual person.
Furthermore, because we're too optimistic about what investment expenses mean, far too many Americans have traditionally accepted advice that seemed free up front, yet may have featured conflicts of interest biased toward overly expensive products.
King considers b c as his parameter of interest, biased by grouping.
Biasing financial interests may also arise from sources beyond those funding the research.
So why do we allow the press, so very influential, to be biased in the interests of its owners, able to bully politicians in the owners' interests?
Though structurally flawed from its origins – and historically biased toward powerful interests – this model functioned for 150 years.
More interestingly, the auditors, who were advising either a buyer or a seller, were also strongly biased toward the interests of their clients.
Other US extraditions, such as those of alleged computer hacker Gary McKinnon and the NatWest Three, have led to calls for reform of the US/UK extradition treaty, which campaigners say is biased against UK interests.
