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objectivity

noun

Judgment guided by evidence rather than personal feelings or interests.

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Evidence-guided judgment

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Objectivity concerns how judgments are reached; a neutral stance can still be poorly informed.

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Anonymizing the entries helped protect the judges' objectivity.
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The reviewers protected their objectivity by comparing the contents with the same checklist used for a plain prototype from another designer.
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