Example sentences for: bias

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  • The non-redundant (NR) database of protein sequences (National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda) was searched using the BLASTP program [ 100 ] . Position-specific scoring matrix (PSSM) searches were conducted using the PSI-BLAST program, typically with a PSSM inclusion expectation (E) value threshold of 0.01, and were iterated until convergence [ 100 101 ] . Prior to PSI-BLAST searches, query sequences were evaluated for compositional bias using the SEG program [ 102 ] . If no such bias was detected, searches were run with the composition-based statistics turned off, in order to maximize sensitivity [ 103 ] . Multiple alignments of protein sequence were constructed using the T_Coffee program [ 104 ] , followed by manual correction based on the PSI-BLAST results.

  • The vast majority of these are due to alternative splicing (an introduced bias; see Materials and methods), but 13% are due to alternative promoters and 6% to alternative polyadenylation sites.

  • We found that RPM and SPM, the two estimators that use a data transformation method, exhibited increasing negative bias (bias away from the position of contamination) as the contamination level increased.

  • When = 20%, the naive method has slightly better power when bias is absent.

  • Selection bias often arises because subjects who receive the new intervention are typically not comparable to subjects who received the standard intervention [ 15 ] . The paired availability design reduces selection bias because the comparison is between all subjects (those who received the intervention and those who did not) before the change in availability and all subjects (those who received the intervention and those who did not) after the change in availability.


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