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What is a bias? A widely cited source defines it as follows:

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Baer, T. (2019). Introduction. In: Understand, Manage, and Prevent Algorithmic Bias. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4885-0_1

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