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: 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: 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: A bias that occurs when one makes decisions about the quality of study based solely on the fact that the size of…
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: 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: 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: An overestimation of survival time, owing to the backward shift in the starting point for measuring disease or treatment onset (e.g. in the…