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    Media Bias

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    A regular viewer may not filter out any bias‚ therefore media sources often times over-exaggerate in order to persuade their audience. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the freedom of speech and press‚ so without any restrictions media outlet can freely express their views

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    of a people more than a never ending conflict. No evil even war at it’s worst is more painful to a culture than unresolved major conflicts. There must be resolution and once a conflict reaches a certain point no amount of talk will ever solve the problem. Force must be used‚ whether implied or actual. Conflict is a vital element of human nature. The day we cease to have conflict is the day we have died inside as a race. Conflict arises from our questing for a better way‚ our natural need to try

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    gender bias

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    Gender Bias in Education by Amanda Chapman of D ’Youville College "Sitting in the same classroom‚ reading the same textbook‚ listening to the same teacher‚ boys and girls receive very different educations." (Sadker‚ 1994) In fact‚ upon entering school‚ girls perform equal to or better than boys on nearly every measure of achievement‚ but by the time they graduate high school or college‚ they have fallen behind. (Sadker‚ 1994) However‚ discrepancies between the performance of girls and the performance

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    Pseudoscientific claims

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    Pseudoscientific Claims The seven warning signs that a claim about behavior might be a pseudoscientific claim are: claimants avoid peer reviewing or other verification‚ exaggerated claims‚ basic theory does not change in response to evidence‚ they look for only evidence that confirms their hypothesis‚ the claimant insists that their theory is accurate because it has not been proven wrong‚ the claim defies what established science has told us about the world‚ the claimants attempt to persuade using

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    A Hypothesis Is a Claim

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    A hypothesis is a claim Population mean The mean monthly cell phone bill in this city is μ = $42 Population proportion Example: The proportion of adults in this city with cell phones is π = 0.68 States the claim or assertion to be tested Is always about a population parameter‚ not about a sample statistic Is the opposite of the null hypothesis e.g.‚ The average diameter of a manufactured bolt is not equal to 30mm ( H1: μ ≠ 30 ) Challenges the status quo Alternative never contains

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    Historical Bias

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    more very different stories as to how the problem arose. Usually it is a matter of “he said she said” and depending on the situation‚ you pick the story that either sounds most accurate to you or that you want to believe. You may think that this is something that just happens at this day in age‚ but this occurs everywhere and has occurred over time. This is called historical bias. This paper will investigate ways to avoid historical bias‚ how historical bias may affect how we think about our past‚

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    Correspondence Bias

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    We have a tendency to draw inferences between people’s actions and their personalities. This is what’s known as a “correspondence bias‚ or attribution error.” These biases‚ or errors‚ occur when we automatically link what we view as “bad or inappropriate behaviors‚ with internal personality flaws‚ rather than taking into consideration possible external factors‚ such as environmental causes‚ that may account for the behavior in question. For example: when the clerk at Wal-Mart doesn’t smile while

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    Media Bias

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    Media Bias in Politics Maya C. Christie Thursday‚ March 08‚ 2012 COM 495/POL 429 Politics‚ Media‚ and the Presidential Election Media bias is alive and well in politics. It is a “term used to describe prejudice in news and media reports‚ in which it is perceived as an imbalance

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    Overcoming Bias

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    A lot of people think that it is much fun and games when someone else is prejudiced and bias to another over their ethnic background. One example of someone being bias was when my whole family and I went to go out to eat at this fancy‚ elegant restaurant. When we got sat down there was a person immediately saying‚ “they don’t belong here”‚ and “who let them in here.” This is my favorite one they said “they should be cleaning houses or gardening.” My family was so disgusted and irritated with that

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    Gender Bias

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    EDU 5000 Gender Bias in the STEM Fields March 7‚ 2012 In a society that is heavily reliant on jobs related to math‚ science and technology‚ it is essential that women have the knowledge and background to compete in the global economy. An early foundation in these subject areas is vital‚ but why do girls avoid them at a young age? This paper will examine the gender gap in the STEM fields: Science‚ Technology‚ Engineering‚ and Math and the implications that society‚ parents

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