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English
Etymology
Named after Swedish astronomer Gunnar Malmquist, who first described the effect in 1922.
Noun
Malmquist bias (uncountable)
- A type of 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.
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- Finnish: Malmquistin valintaharha
- French: biais de Malmquist m
- German: Malmquist-Bias m
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