# Bias | | **Bias** is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. Biases can be innate or learned. People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group, or a belief. In science and engineering, a bias is a systematic error. Statistical bias results from an unfair sampling of a population, or from an estimation process that does not give accurate results on average. | |-|-| > [!summary]- Wikipedia Synopsis > wikipedia:: [Bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias) > **Bias** is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair. Biases can be innate or learned. People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group, or a belief. In science and engineering, a bias is a systematic error. Statistical bias results from an unfair sampling of a population, or from an estimation process that does not give accurate results on average. ## [[Cognitive Bias]] ## [[Media Bias]] ## List - [[Observer-expectancy effect]] - [[Fundamental Attribution Error]] - [[Actor–observer asymmetry]] - [[Just-world hypothesis]] - [[Omission bias]] - [[Apophenia]] - [[Anchoring effect]] - [[Base rate fallacy]] - [[Cognitive miser]] - [[Dispositional attribution]] - [[Self-serving bias]] - [[Hostile attribution bias]] - [[False consensus effect]] - [[Group attribution error]] - [[Ultimate attribution error]] - [[Extrinsic incentives bias]] - [[Negativity bias]] - [[Selection bias]] - [[Self-selection bias]] - [[Einstellung effect]] - [[Overconfidence effect]] - [[Illusory superiority]] - [[Illusion of control]]