Table 4: Best fitting parameters and the corresponding $\chi ^2$ values for various biasing models.
Model Best fitting parameters $\chi^2/$ d.o.f.

Conserving $b_f(z=1.4)=1.28\pm0.03$ 2

Merging $M=2.4\times10^{12}h^{-1}$ $M_{\odot }$ 5.5

Star forming $M=(3.2\pm3)\times10^{10}h^{-1}$ $M_{\odot }$ 0.7

**Table 4:** Best fitting parameters and the corresponding $\chi ^2$ values for various biasing models.
Model	Best fitting parameters	$\chi^2/$ d.o.f.
Conserving	$b_f(z=1.4)=1.28\pm0.03$	2
Merging	$M=2.4\times10^{12}h^{-1}$ $M_{\odot }$	5.5
Star forming	$M=(3.2\pm3)\times10^{10}h^{-1}$ $M_{\odot }$	0.7

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	1 Introduction
	2 The first-epoch VVDS redshift sample
	3 The density field reconstruction scheme
	4 The PDF of galaxy fluctuations
	5 The PDF of mass fluctuations in redshift-distorted comoving coordinates
	6 Measuring galaxy biasing
	7 The biasing function up to z $\bf {\sim }$ 1.5
	8 Comparison with theoretical predictions
	9 Summary and conclusions
	References
	Online Material
	Appendix A