Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Wiktionary

base rate fallacy

English

edit
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Noun

edit

base rate fallacy (plural base rate fallacies)

  1. A common error in logical reasoning where an effect is attributed to an incorrect cause because the basic statistical ratios have not been taken into account.

Hypernyms

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=base_rate_fallacy&oldid=81997057"