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> If you know the biases.. indeed. > for instance by asking people directly.. a terrible way of accounting for bias. people are often unaware of the bias the

by foxhill 13y ago

> If you know the biases.. indeed. > for instance by asking people directly.. a terrible way of accounting for bias. people are often unaware of the bias they impart on what they say.

loup-vaillant 13y ago
Of course. Selective memory would still be a problem, for instance. But you would get rid of self selection. Though if you just ask your friends, you will have another kind of selection bias…