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Disentangling truth from bias in naturally occurring data

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A technique that leverages duplicate records in crowdsourcing data could help to mitigate the effects of biases in research and services that are dependent on government records.

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Fig. 1: The source of bias in naturally occurring data — and a potential solution.

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