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Diagnostic errors affect approximately 12 million U.S. adult patients each year, according to a 2011 study published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Such errors could harm patients and also ...

It's well-documented that women in the workplace often face biases when seeking leadership roles, but new research is uncovering just how pervasive and wide-ranging those prejudices can be. In the ...

“Imagine a scenario in which self-driving cars fail to recognize people of color as people—and are thus more likely to hit them—because the computers were trained on data sets of photos in which such ...

Bias is found in all aspects of the recruitment process, causing companies to miss out on good hires. Here are some of the most common hiring biases and ways to combat them. 1. Similarity bias and ...

A model for selection bias in a large, single blind clinical trial is presented. The actual Type I error rate is evaluated, and this is used to quantify the degree of ...

TOKYO - To many Japanese, the key to their personality lies not in their stars but in their blood type. Type As, they believe, are perfectionists and make good accountants; Type Bs are sociable but ...