verb
- present participle of bias; influencing in a particular, typically unfair direction
Usage: British spelling variant
Examples
- The researcher was accused of biassing the results toward her hypothesis.
- Media coverage was biassing public opinion against the defendant.
- The survey questions were biassing responses in favor of the company.
- He avoided biassing the interview by asking neutral questions.
- The judge warned against biassing the jury with emotional appeals.
- Statistical sampling errors were biassing the study’s conclusions.