Popular Terms. The process of dividing an area into smaller segments called regions. One of the more obvious examples of regionalization is the division of a nation into states or provinces. Businesses also use regionalization as a management tool and a way to make certain that needs unique to particular areas are met.
Reference Entry. ABSTRACT. A definition of the term geographical bias is presented which refers to the inclination of a scientist or educator to cite only those periodical articles printed in his own country or ethnic language.ACCESSION #. review of the article Revisiting Bias Due to Construct Misspecification: Different Results From Considering Coefficients in Standardized Form by Miguel I. Aguirre-Urreta and George M. Marakas, which is in this issue, is presented. 1  Dark and Windy Night.
Attrition bias is a kind of selection bias caused by attrition (loss of participants), discounting trial subjects/tests that did not run to completion. It is closely related to the survivorship bias, which only the subjects that survived a process are included in the analysis.election bias is closely related to: 1  publication bias or reporting bias, the distortion produced in community perception or meta-analyses by not publishing uninteresting (usually negative) results, or results which go against the experimenter's prejudices, a sponsor's interests, or community expectations.