VISUAL BIAS: A general term that refers to any systematic errors when categorizing, or identifying objects, characteristics, or people while using sight1,2. Also, an enhancement…
VESTED INTEREST BIAS: Another name for Bias Due to Conflicts of Interest (synonym)1; which is a distortion of estimates, interpretations, or conclusions due to a…
VALENCE BIAS: A tendency to interpret emotionally ambiguous signals as positive or negative1,2. Signals in this scenario may be classified as words, phrases, facial expressions,…
VERIFICATION BIAS: A bias that occurs when some patients in diagnostic screening studies are evaluated with a new experimental test, but not the gold standard…
VOLUNTEER BIAS: Volunteers, or those who join a study early in recruitment, from a specified population, may exhibit exposures or outcomes which systematically differ from…