Lesson Material
Recognizing Fair-minded and Biased Accounts
Relevant Information
Conclusions about Bias
open-minded
Does the account consider
new ideas and alter opinions
based on new information
and evidence?
full-minded
Is the account well
informed?
Does it consider all
available evidence?
impartial
Does the account fully
consider competing pieces
of evidence when
presenting a conclusion?
closed-minded
Does the account appear
unwilling to consider
evidence that might be
counter to previously held
views?
incomplete information
Does the account base
conclusions on inadequate
or partial evidence?
partial
Does the account prejudge
the result in favour of or
against one group or view
based on preferences or
associations?
Overall Conclusion
The account is: (mark on the continuum)
Very
fair-minded
Very
biased
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