Browsing Theses by Subject "bias"
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Assessment and Comparison of Continuous Measurement Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-10)In this thesis we critically examine the assessment and comparison of continuous measurement systems. Measurement systems, defined to be the devices, people, and protocol used to make a measurement, are an important tool ... -
The associations between insulin, hypoglycemia, and dementia: Combating threats to internal validity in a series of population-based cohort studies
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-01)Although the association between type 2 diabetes and dementia is recognized, findings from the epidemiology literature on the effect of insulin and one of its side effects, hypoglycemia, are less clear. The currently ... -
Exploring the utility of state-level wise reasoning: New assessment and facilitation methods
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-11)Wisdom is considered the apex of human development, exemplified in various cultural traditions by optimal, balanced judgment and decision making that benefits others and the self. Contemporary psychological accounts ... -
The importance of long-term capture-mark-recapture archives for wildlife monitoring and research: Two examples from bat populations
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-05)Long-term capture-mark-recapture (CMR) projects provide useful data to study and monitor wildlife. Specifically, CMR data can help identify how an animal interacts with its environment and how these interactions change ... -
Issues in Computer Vision Data Collection: Bias, Consent, and Label Taxonomy
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-30)Recent success of the convolutional neural network in image classification has pushed the computer vision community towards data-rich methods of deep learning. As a consequence of this shift, the data collection process ... -
Out-of-Distribution Generalization of Gigapixel Image Representation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-18)This thesis addresses the significant challenge of improving the generalization capabilities of artificial deep neural networks in the classification of whole slide images (WSIs) in histopathology across different and ... -
Understanding the Relationship Between Pharmacists’ Implicit and Explicit Bias and Perceptions of Pharmacist Services Among Arab and Black Individuals
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-27)Background. Recent studies suggest that Health Care Professionals’ (HCPs) unconscious bias about race contributes to health care disparities. The objective of this research was to estimate unconscious racial bias among ...