Essays Tagged: "Bias"

WAYNE GRETZKY

a famousperson. I will plot out the difference and compare the two booksconsidering point of view, bias, aim, omission, interest andinterpretation. This person is my hero and idol. He is one of the g ... d cash. So, now Gretzkybecame a LA. Kings after this huge deal in the NHL history. Talkingabout the bias, I didn't think there had a lot of bias in this two books.I could only find a little bias in th ...

(4 pages) 51 1 3.0 Jul/1992

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

What wrongs have white administrators done to Aborginal people in the past? Have all wrong been righted?

is book in 1968, he gives a good definition of how the Aborigines were treated in that time. A very bias 'opinion' based difinition of the treatment of Aborigines:'To this day the Aborigine is treated ...

(4 pages) 106 1 4.0 Jul/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Refutation to a Bias suggestion about Gods non-existance

Refutation to a bias Suggestion'Some people suggest that the Bible, being a collection of texts written long ago by ... rn people.'The suggestion that the Bible is invalid simply due to its authors and era is absurd and bias. This statement is supported by God and all modern day believers. Almost any Christian you conf ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Defining Racism and the Difficulties of Proving Discrimination

olice, the prosecutor, the judge, or prison and parole officials. But conceding individual cases of bias is far different from conceding pervasive racial discrimination.There are studies that argue th ... nation has occurred numerous individual cases against minorities and whites, there is no systematic bias against minorities.Second, if one defines racism as a conscious attitude or conscious behavior ...

(3 pages) 292 0 3.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Hate Speech on College Campuses

ect their targets to a loss of equaleducational opportunity. The power of a university to eliminate bias on campusultimately depends not on its ability to punish a racist speaker, but instead on the d ...

(2 pages) 137 0 4.1 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Jane Tompkins "Indians"

Whenever you are in any educational situation, you are subject to perspectives and bias of the instructors. In an essay entitled 'Indians,' by Jane Tompkins, it discusses how differen ... 9)The purpose of this essay is that history is a result of point of view. It is both subject to the biases of the one who presents it as it is subject to the biases of the one who observes it. You can ... oad point of view you can't accept either of them as the whole truth. Because of these two people's bias' they may have a tendency to neglect certain facts that may be detrimental to the image they wh ...

(3 pages) 75 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Bias in "The View from the Bottom Rail" by James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle

- -What does the word bias mean? Bias is a mental predilection or prejudice. The essay 'The View from the Bottom Rail' by ... Mark Hamilton Lytle opened my eyes on how American history could be looked at as one sided and even bias. Even today there is still bias in America. In today's society, racism and stereotyping occur i ... ll living. Even these interviews could not be viewed as 100% accurate. One example, is a geographic bias. The people that were interviewed were only a very small portion of the millions of freed slave ...

(4 pages) 48 0 3.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Bias in American society. Refers to "The View from the Bottom Rail" by James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle, and interviewes and articles of ex-slaves

What does the word bias mean? Bias is a mental predilection or prejudice. The essay "The View from the Bottom Rail" by ... Mark Hamilton Lytle opened my eyes on how American history could be looked at as one sided and even bias. Even today there is still bias in America. In today's society, racism and stereotyping occur i ... ll living. Even these interviews could not be viewed as 100% accurate. One example, is a geographic bias. The people that were interviewed were only a very small portion of the millions of freed slave ...

(7 pages) 82 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Computer crimes, due to society's declining ethical standards more than any economic need

s declining ethical standards more than any economic need. According to experts, gender is the only bias. The profile of today's non-professional thieves crosses all races, age groups and economic str ...

(7 pages) 266 2 3.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Interpreting Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"

r failure of a work of fiction are not easily agreed upon; individuals almost necessarily introduce bias into any such attempt. Only those who affect an exorbitantly refined artistic taste, however, w ...

(5 pages) 201 1 4.6 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Slavery in the States. Speaks of "The View from the Bottom Rail" and interviews and articles done on the subject

What does the word bias mean? Bias is a mental predilection or prejudice. The essay "The View from the Bottom Rail" by ... Mark Hamilton Lytle opened my eyes on how American history could be looked at as one sided and even bias. Even today there is still bias in America. In today's society, racism and stereotyping occur i ... ll living. Even these interviews could not be viewed as 100% accurate. One example, is a geographic bias. The people that were interviewed were only a very small portion of the millions of freed slave ...

(7 pages) 82 0 4.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Boneventure's Journey of the mind to god. Explains his theory of how to acsend to the level of god. critisizing as it goes.

of form in his logic to describe the seven steps to know God; however, his logic and reasoning were bias as he did not question the existence of God. He sees life as a reflection of God, so in order t ...

(3 pages) 52 1 4.6 Jul/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Nick's role in the Great Gatsby along with the Fitzgeralds use of symbols and techniques

yes of only one-character (Nick Carraway) limitations are built up, such as the repeated concern of bias. A key technique used by Fitzgerald is the use of speech that overcomes the concern of any bias ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Women in Advertisements

ers have become the single largest contributor to the continuation of female degradation and sexual bias in our society. The way these women are portrayed and most of the messages these advertisements ...

(7 pages) 203 0 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Based on the book: "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass".

edit his tales, but no one was ever able to disprove his statements.Frederick Douglass does offer a biased review of slavery, as he was born into it, yet even in his bias he is able to detect and deta ...

(2 pages) 165 1 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Consumer attitude towards the services of Gulf Air Airline of Qatar

imitations:The Questionnaire included 28 questions and it incorporated many question forms to avoid bias in answers and to ensure complete coverage of related services to customers. We used Yes/No que ... y a total of 33 respondents. Also questions were not pre-tested for overall cohesion and error-free biases design. We selected respondents from different backgrounds and nationalities to cover a more ...

(12 pages) 156 0 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

As one reads Confederation: The Use and Abuse of History by D.G. Creighton, it becomes apparent that he exemplifies no secrecy when referring to the present day problems emerging between Quebec and the rest of Canada

recy when referring to the present day problems emerging between Quebec and the rest of Canada. His bias toward Quebec is of importance when considering the immense role Lower Canada played in the for ...

(6 pages) 58 0 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Secandary sources.

ey are sometimes hard to get hold of, the required information may not be available, there may be a bias of the original collector and it may be out of date before publication.There are also official ... hould really be aware of accepting their version of events because they would write with an obvious bias.Another source is a novel or some other fictional writing; this has the advantage of showing us ...

(4 pages) 82 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The role of the mass media in American politics today.

logies presented in the media, polysemic meanings conveyed, political party campaigns, journalistic bias and their positions as gatekeepers. The mass media of the United States of America are effectiv ... ss media is seen to reflect the political prejudices of the owners. This notion conveys an apparent bias within the media and displays the amount of power and influence the media possess within contem ...

(9 pages) 842 1 3.3 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Ramped Ignorance.

eir social "data," and journalists, in turn, relay this information to the public without the usual bias. But still, after reading these incredibly absurd headlines, I wondered: just how ignorant have ...

(2 pages) 42 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing