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Loss Aversion Bias

LOSS AVERSION BIAS: Sometimes just called Loss Aversion. A tendency to feel worse about losses, than to feel good about equivalent gains when evaluating a…

Latency Bias

LATENCY BIAS: A type of Selection Bias relevant to case-control studies. When cases are missed during the selection process, because the time between the exposure…

Loss-To-Follow-Up Bias

LOSS-TO-FOLLOW-UP BIAS: Another term to describe Withdrawal Bias1; which is a bias due to systematic differences in characteristics between those who leave a study and…

Large Trial Bias

LARGE TRIAL BIAS: A bias that occurs when one makes decisions about the quality of study based solely on the fact that the size of…

Language Bias

LANGUAGE BIAS: When the quality of a study is determined based on the language it is written in, instead of its scientific qualities. Specifically, when…

Length Time Bias

LENGTH TIME BIAS: Another name for Length Bias (synonym): A bias due to the disproportionate selection of long-duration vs. short-duration cases of disease1. Also see:…

Length Bias

LENGTH BIAS: A bias due to the selection of a disproportionate number of long-duration cases (those who survive longer) in one group compared to another1,2.…

Lead-Time Bias

LEAD-TIME BIAS: An overestimation of survival time, owing to the backward shift in the starting point for measuring disease or treatment onset (e.g. in the…