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What is gender bias?
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Research treating one gender unfairly — as better, worse, or the default.
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What is alpha bias?
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Exaggerating the differences between genders, often locking in stereotypes.
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What is beta bias?
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Ignoring or minimising real gender differences, often by studying one gender and applying it to all.
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What is androcentrism?
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Treating male behaviour as the normal standard for everyone.
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Give an example of beta bias.
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Testing a heart drug only on men, then giving it to everyone at the same dose.
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What can gender bias affect in mental health?
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Diagnosis, prevalence statistics and treatment.
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One way to reduce gender bias?
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Use a balanced sample of all genders and report results for each group.
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How can gender bias enter a diagnosis?
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The same problem shows differently in men and women, and clinicians read it through their expectations of each gender.
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Why can beta bias look 'fair' but not be?
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'Treating everyone the same' ignores real differences, which can quietly disadvantage the untested group.
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Alpha vs beta bias in one line?
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Alpha exaggerates gender differences; beta ignores them.
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Why can a gap between men and women in the statistics mislead?
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A recorded rate mixes how many people have a disorder with how readily it is noticed in them.
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Is reporting a gender difference always gender bias?
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No. A difference the evidence supports is a finding. Assuming a difference, or assuming none, is the bias.
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