Medical Definition of Selection bias

1. The introduction of error due to systematic differences in the characteristics between those selected and those not selected for a given study. In sampling bias, error is the result of failure to ensure that all members of the reference population have a known chance of selection in the sample. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selection Bias

select agents
select committee
selectability
selectable
selectable marker
selected
selectedly
selectee
selectees
selectest
selectin
selecting
selectins
selection
selection (genetics)
selection bias (current term)
selection cutting
selection pressure
selection rule
selection rules
selectional
selectionally
selectionist
selectionists
selections
selective
selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor
selective advantage
selective amnesia

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