Look up: objectivity

1. Objectivity
   [science] Objectivity in science is a value that informs how science is practiced and how scientific truths are created. It is the idea that scientists, in attempting to uncover truths about the natural world, must aspire to eliminate personal biases, a priori commitments, emotional involvem...
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2. objectivity
   [n] - judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
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3. Objectivity
   a state of personal neutrality in conducting research
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4. objectivity
   an indispensable attitude in the relationship between the auditor and the auditee.It ensures that the auditor`s findings and reports will be influenced only by the facts established during the audit,in accordance with current rules and accepted principles and practices Category: Commerce - movement of goods
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5. Objectivity
   Ob`jec·tiv'i·ty noun [ Confer F. objectivité .] The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective. « The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity have disappeared [ in the life of the Greeks].» M. Arnold.
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6. objectivity
   objectiveness noun judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
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7. Objectivity
   • (n.) The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.
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8. Objectivity
   [journalism] Objectivity is a significant principle of journalistic professionalism. Journalistic objectivity can refer to fairness, disinterestedness, factuality, and nonpartisanship, but most often encompasses all of these qualities. == Definitions == In the context of journalism, objectiv...
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9. objectivity
   The internal auditors' objectivity depends on the organizational status of the internal audit function, whether the internal auditor has direct access and reports regularly to the board, the audit committee, or owner-manager, and who oversees internal auditor employment decisions.
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10. Objectivity
    - Emphasizing or expressing the nature of reality as it is apart from personal reflection or feelings; independence of mind.
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11. Objectivity
    A judgment of how fairly and equally an information source treats all sides of a topic. An objective source relies on facts rather than opinions or beliefs.
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12. Objectivity
    [frame invariance] A constitutive equation that respects the above condition is said to be isotropic (Holzapfel 2000). Physically, this characteristic means that the material has no preferential direction. Wood and most fibre-reinforced composites are generally stronger in the direction of t...
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13. Objectivity
    [philosophy] Objectivity is a central philosophical concept which has been variously defined by sources. A proposition is generally considered to be objectively true when its truth conditions are met and are "mind-independent"—that is, not met by the judgment of a conscious entity or subje...
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