plural of self-selection

(religion) A process by which heritable traits are given or planned by a higher power, as distinguished from natural selection.

The act of not selecting someone (or something).

plural of selection bias

The bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved, thereby ensuring that the sample obtained is not representative of the population intended to be analyzed.

(evolutionary theory) Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits.

(biology) An evolutionary strategy that favors an individual organism's close kin over itself.

(biology, evolution) A form of natural selection whereby traits that may be disadvantageous to the individual can be propagated when they are advantageous to the survival of a group as a whole.

(US, basketball) The Monday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament are selected.

(computing theory) A sorting algorithm that divides the input list into two sublists — items already sorted, and items not yet sorted — and gradually transfers elements from one list to the other.