Nature

Non-random sampling leads to biased estimates of transcriptome association

Integration of independent data resources across -omics platforms offers transformative opportunity for novel clinical and biological discoveries. However, application of emerging analytic methods in ...
Nature

Estimation and correction of bias in network simulations based on respondent-driven sampling data

Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is widely used for collecting data on hard-to-reach populations, including information about the structure of the networks connecting the individuals. Characterizing ...
Harvard Business School

Provable Detection of Propagating Sampling Bias in Prediction Models

Ravishankar, Pavan, Qingyu Mo, Edward McFowland III, and Daniel B. Neill. "Provable Detection of Propagating Sampling Bias in Prediction Models." Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial ...
Phys.org

Researcher uses music sampling to study cultural conformity bias

Mason Youngblood, a psychologist at City University of New York, has found a way to study cultural conformity bias in groups of people by studying music sampling used on commercially sold songs. In ...