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What to look out for All or nothing thinking Viewing things as either right or wrong There is no middle ground Things are either perfect or fundamentally flawed There is just black or white grey. So sampling bias is consistent error that arises due to the sample selection For example a survey of high school students to measure teenage use of illegal drugs will be a biased sample because it does not include home schooled students or dropouts This . material . was supported with funds from the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant #0810927. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National . Joan T. Schmelz . University of Memphis. Big Thanks:. -Abigail Stewart (Univ. of Mich.). -Meg Urry (Yale Univ.). Slides. R. eferences. Information. Plenary Talk for the AAS Winter meeting in Seattle?. How does the media shape our opinions?. Essential Questions?. What is “bias”? Is bias inherent in the news media?. What can news consumers do about bias in the news?. How does freedom of the press function in today’s society?. First Unitarian Universalist Church of . Richmond. Living the Pledge . Workshop. How does implicit and explicit bias differ?. Attitudes . or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in . What Counts and What Doesn’t?. Thinking statistically (c) 2017 Stephen Senn. 1. Acknowledgements. This work is partly supported by the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 602552. “IDEAL”. Questions Drive Thinking. Write down the most important question you have right now.. The mind is its own place. In itself, it can make a hell of a heaven or a heaven of a hell.. -John Milton. My Students …. . . Dushaw Hockett. Executive Director. dushaw@thespacesproject.org. 202-360-7787. OBJECTIVES:. Introduce . the science of implicit bias;. Share . examples of how implicit bias shows up in daily life;. The most commonly discussed forms of bias occur when the media support or attack a particular political party, candidate, or ideology, but other common forms of bias include:. Advertising bias. , when stories are selected or slanted to please advertisers.. Authors: Kyu . Han . Koh et. al.. Presented . by : . Ali Anwar. ABOUT ME. B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan. M.Sc. Computer Engineering. , University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, . EKU will.  . graduate . informed, critical and creative thinkers who can communicate effectively. .. https://sites.google.com/site/qepcafe/. http://qep.eku.edu/. 1. Scenario. Group activity . . (2-4 participants, approx. 10 minutes). Dr. Kenneth Jones. Pastor, Practical Living Ministry. Review. Are your thoughts taking you captive instead of you taking captive of your thoughts?. Deliverance requires. Choice. – A decision of the will and heart. Lean Thinking Evolution. Venetian ship builders. Carthaginian navy. 18. th. century RN frigate gun. WW2 Boeing B17 bomber. Colt Armoury. My great uncle’s WW1 Waltham watch. Development of Lean. Lean Thinking Evolution. Avoiding Bias in interviewing Storytellers. By Michael Preston Ed.D.. What is Bias?. Bias is prejudice against a person or group of people when compared to others. These biases are usually based on prior attitudes, first impressions, or socially constructed stereotypes. .