Malmquist bias

English Etymology Named after Swedish astronomer en Gunnar Malmquist, who first described the effect in 1922. Noun - A type of en selection bias, where brighter objects appear to be more common at further distances; caused by a larger actual sample gathering region per square degree at further distances, and that dimmer sources drop out of sight due to distance. Coordinate terms en bias selection bias statistical bias systematic bias observational bias observation bias selection effect Derived terms en statistical Malmquist bias systematic Malmquist bias classical Malmquist bias Eddington-Malmquist bias Translations Finnish: fi Malmquistin valintaharha French: fr biais de Malmquist m German: de Malmquist-Bias m Hebrew: he Portuguese: pt Russian: ru Spanish: es Swedish: sv en Biases