Berkson’s Paradox
A statistical phenomenon where two independent events appear to be correlated due to a selection bias.
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“statistical bias”
Base Rate Fallacy
A cognitive bias where people ignore general statistical information in favor of specific information.
Survivorship Bias
A cognitive bias that occurs when conclusions are drawn from a non-representative sample, focusing only on successful cases and ignoring failures.
Selection Bias
A bias that occurs when the sample chosen for a study or survey is not representative of the population being studied, affecting the validity of the results.
Extension Neglect
A cognitive bias where people ignore the relevance of sample size in making judgments, often leading to erroneous conclusions.
Regressive Bias
A cognitive bias where individuals overestimate the likelihood of extreme events regressing to the mean.
Experimenter Bias
A bias that occurs when researchers' expectations influence the outcome of a study.
Representativeness
Representativeness is a heuristic in decision-making where individuals judge the probability of an event based on how much it resembles a typical case.
Clustering Illusion
A cognitive bias where people see patterns in random data.