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ezwoodlandtoday at 12:08 AM1 replyview on HN

How else would you define bias if not an offset from equality or zero mean?

For example, the b in y=mx+b


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zahlmantoday at 12:20 AM

> How else would you define bias if not an offset from equality or zero mean?

As an offset from what the ground truth justifies. Suppose the researchers had decided to load the dice when creating the fake sample data; an unbiased analyst should seek to discover the extent of that, not insist on reporting equality.

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