self-selection

Noun

Meaning

Selecting oneself for something.

Selecting something for oneself.

(countable) An item selected by oneself.

Examples

Mrs Acilius is a sociologist, so I often hear about self-selection bias, about ways in which groups people choose to join tend to be unrepresentative of the community at large. Source: Internet

Therefore, due to a self-selection bias, whether a cohort analysis shows higher or lower KPIs for recs users is independent of the value the recs technology actually delivers. Source: Internet

Funds' participation in a database is voluntary, leading to self-selection bias because those funds that choose to report may not be typical of funds as a whole. Source: Internet

Some studies have found that, when self-selection is controlled for, the built environment has no significant effect on travel behaviour. Source: Internet

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