Difference between revisions of "Bias"

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Bias is a [[DC]] voltage level added to an [[AC]] signal which is to be amplified. This is done to put the AC signal within the amplifying transistors linear operating area.
 
Bias is a [[DC]] voltage level added to an [[AC]] signal which is to be amplified. This is done to put the AC signal within the amplifying transistors linear operating area.
  
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== Social Context ==
 
  
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Bias is also the predisposition toward one belief before another.
 
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e.g. creating a web based encyclopedia with a conservative bias, like stating that any religious story is true with only shaky evidence to support claims, or making broad generalizations about history in order to justify a faulty argument by making it "sound right."
 
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The popular reference site wikipedia has a neutral point of view (NPOV) policy - rendering it free of bias.
 
  
 
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*[[Media bias]]
 
*[[Media bias]]

Revision as of 13:34, March 25, 2007

Bias has two meanings.

Electronics

Bias is a DC voltage level added to an AC signal which is to be amplified. This is done to put the AC signal within the amplifying transistors linear operating area.


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