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August 21, 2007
Funding bias, an unsolvable issue?
Anders Sandberg writes an article at Overcoming Bias of the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute.
In Supping with the Devil Sandberg elaborates on the issue of funding bias. Funding bias occurs when the conclusions of a study get biased towards the outcome the funding agency wants. Is it a significant problem today? Are some sources particularly inclined to it, and is the problem possible to resolve?
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Posted by Waldemar at August 21, 2007 11:09 AM