And 9 of the 14 studies were funded by pharmaceutical companies, which hints at possible bias.
Arena shareholders, about 40 of whom are in an investor group nicknamed Borg, say they're raising important questions about possible bias and ignorance among the FDA panel members.
The key is not to ignore your emotions, but to understand the role they play and account for possible bias when you are figuring out whether to buy, sell or hold.
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Responding to other requests, the judge said she'll allow the defense to explore possible bias of an investigator from the Kennebunk Police Department but won't allow the defense to cast the case as a David versus Goliath scenario with regards to the vast resources used to target Strong, an insurance agent.
What went on in the officer's head is something that I can only guess but, based on over 30 years of experience in the doing, teaching and studying of the police profession, I would venture to say that race had nothing to do with the behavior displayed and that the sub-culture of police work dictated the action, more than any possible bias or prejudice.
The tests, in fact, had been scrupulously designed and scrubbed of all possible racial bias.
Another possible systematic bias might be that public health researchers start from position that alcohol is bad for you and bad for society.
Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, appeared on the CBS program "Face the Nation" to outline concerns over what he called Sotomayor's possible racial bias.
Those papers fail to use double-blind methods to strip out possible researcher bias, and most rely on self-reported mold exposure by patients, many of whom are involved in mold lawsuits.
The key is to have a process that removes as much of the bias as possible.
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You would think all participants would want to boost the chances of their new rescue efforts working, by providing the public with as much positive bias as possible.
"This is about as clear a case of bias as it's possible to imagine, " said Mr Owen.
While skulduggery is possible, the more realistic problem with Olympic judging is conscious or unconscious national bias.
When the current expansion of free-trade accords has covered an overwhelming percentage of world trade, it may be possible for the WTO to fix the system, so no nation has preferential bias with one or another trading partner over others countries.
Co-researcher Professor Charles Poole warned that the possible benefits of consuming garlic might be somewhat overestimated in the study by what is called 'publication bias'.
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