Writers who use unbiased language write in ways that are free from gender and group stereotypes, including race, age, ethnicity, ability level, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation. By using unbiased language, writers can avoid using offensive language and include all readers.

In order to be fair and unbiased toward all members of the potential audience who may read an essay, it is important that the author uses language that does not stereotype or unfairly categorize any group of people or individuals.

An unbiased estimator is an accurate statistic that’s used to approximate a population parameter. “Accurate” in this sense means that it’s neither an overestimate nor an underestimate. If an overestimate or underestimate does happen, the mean of the difference is called a “bias.”

(1) The sample median is an unbiased estimator of the population median when the population is normal. However, for a general population it is not true that the sample median is an unbiased estimator of the population median. It only will be unbiased if the population is symmetric.

In a biased sample, one or more parts of the population are favored over others, whereas in an unbiased sample, each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.

A sample drawn and recorded by a method which is free from bias. This implies not only freedom from bias in the method of selection, e.g. random sampling, but freedom from any bias of procedure, e.g. wrong definition, non-response, design of questions, interviewer bias, etc.

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• Stratified Random Sample. in which population is divided into similar groups, they select a random from that group.
• Systematic Random Sample. Every 20 mins. a customer is chosen.
• Simple Random Sample. where each item or person in a population is as likely to be chosen.

“words and phrases that are considered prejudiced, offensive, and hurtful. Biased language includes expressions that demean or exclude people because of age, sex, race, ethnicity, social class, or physical or mental traits.”

A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them and affects the decisions and judgments that they make. Cognitive biases are often a result of your brain’s attempt to simplify information processing.