The Virginia campaign thus made the point that, despite a bias towards Republicanism, elections there remain largely non-partisan friends-and-neighbours affairs.

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Obviously, we can all point at exceptions (selection bias), but when I think of all the examples of someone telling me in advance they were doing a blog, they failed.

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This should be about as simple as it gets, but due to the bias in policy discussions, we rarely hear this obvious point.

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He goes on to point out that Hauser is more guilty of confirmation bias than out and out fraud.

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But I can point out that the recent tempests over "perceived bias" have nothing to do with what NPR puts on the air.

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My point here is to praise Tyler Cowen for recognizing that economists have bias, and to note that fellow economists have cheered him for doing so.

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One, the status quo bias, has to do with our tendency to take our current situation as our reference point and to see any change as negative (or at least difficult) and with a high potential for regret.

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