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nonbiased

nonbiased

1 4.5
Not favoring one person or group and treating all sides fairly
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈbaɪəst/
translation icon : imparcial
  • It's essential to get a nonbiased opinion when making important decisions.
  • a nonbiased assessment

Examples

  • Moreover, nonbiased assessment is expressly required in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Reschly & Sabers, 1979).

    Academic text (1991)
  • Yes, could the series kick off with a brief (nonbiased) explanation of this healthcare package?

    Blog text (23)
  • It's important that you have those people in your life to weigh things off of and that they're going to give you a nonbiased opinion.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The issue of nonbiased assessment is mentioned here, but was not included in the survey because we felt that it has been debated in great depth elsewhere.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Urban school psychologists indicated greater continuing education needs in the areas of assessment of adaptive behavior, nonbiased assessment techniques, bilingual students, and minority students.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The second highest number of responses defined multicultural competence in terms of the ability of the school psychologist to deliver nonbiased services (29%).

    Academic text (1992)
  • The results of the current study suggest that CBM timing procedures did not introduce situational bias, thus providing some evidence that CBM may yield a nonbiased measure of students' academic skills.

    Academic text (2002)
  • It will be important to maintain a perspective of how Hispanics fit into the treatment system in order not to ignore this subpopulation and to ensure appropriate, relevant, and nonbiased treatment for substance use disorders in Hispanic clients.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In their open-ended responses, most respondents from the present study defined multicultural competence as the psychologist's sensitivity, awareness, and knowledge of differences in cultures or the ability to deliver nonbiased services.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Slenkovich contends this approach represents strict adherence to the intent of PL 94-142; yet some of her arguments seem to run counter to important principles of the legislation, in particular, nonbiased assessment.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

objective
vsnonbiased
238 4.3

Not influenced by personal feelings and based only on facts

focuses on being fact based rather than only avoiding favoritism
neutral
vsnonbiased
218 3.6

Not supporting either side in a conflict

expresses wider absence of bias including prejudice and statistical deviation
impartial
vsnonbiased
74 4.2

Not supporting one side and treating people fairly

also includes technical statistical sense of not systematically deviating
unbiased
vsnonbiased
43 4.4

Does not show personal feelings or opinions and treats people fairly

includes the statistical sense of lacking systematic deviation from true value
nonpartisan
vsnonbiased
34 6.0

Not connected to or controlled by any political party

covers impartiality in many areas beyond political party absence
disinterested
vsnonbiased
22 5.9

Not influenced by personal feelings and fair to everyone

is broader also covering lack of systemic deviation and prejudice
dispassionate
vsnonbiased
  • Formal
14 6.7

Not letting strong feelings affect your judgment

relies less on emotion control and more on absence of systemic bias
fair-minded
vsnonbiased
12 4.4

Being careful to judge people and ideas honestly without taking sides

covers the same lack of prejudice and adds statistical unbiasedness
unsentimental
vsnonbiased
4 6.2

Not showing strong feelings and focusing on the facts

is mainly about avoiding emotion while key centers on avoiding favoritism
unprejudiced
vsnonbiased
1 6.0

Fair and not influenced by personal feelings or opinions when judging people and ideas

is the general antiprejudice idea including technical absence of systematic bias
unskewed
vsnonbiased
1 6.0

Not tilted or changed to help one side

is about fairness and lack of favoritism rather than just accuracy
unopinionated
vsnonbiased
1 6.0

Not having strong opinions or showing them

expresses a neutral stance rather than an explicit absence of systematic bias
unbiassed
vsnonbiased
  • UK
5.8

Does not let personal feelings affect a decision

is the same meaning but uses an alternate spelling
nonpartial
vsnonbiased
6.5

Not favoring any person or side and treating all fairly

is a general term covering fairness and lack of systematic deviation
nonprejudiced
vsnonbiased
4.9

Not showing unfair dislike or bias toward other people

extends to impartiality in decisions and statistical contexts
nonsubjective
vsnonbiased
7.6

Free from personal feelings and based on facts

emphasizes impartiality broadly rather than a strictly fact based approach

Antonyms

91 4.0

Showing unfair favor to one person, group, or side

How Impartial

objective
238 4.3
impartial
74 4.2
neutral
218 3.6
nonbiased
1 4.5
prejudiced
24 5.0
slanted
1 6.2
biased
91 4.0

Surface Forms

nonbiased positive

Morphology

nonbiased = biased (transparent) = non + bias + ed

The prefix 'non-' straightforwardly negates the adjective 'biased', producing the clear meaning 'not biased'.

Etymology

Nonbiased starts with non- meaning 'not' and ends with bias, which means a 'leaning' or 'tilt', so you can picture something 'not leaning' like a level or scale that is even. That is why nonbiased describes a method or person who is fair and does not favor one side.