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Statistical Fallacy List, Part Two

31 May 202025 May 2020 by TheMetaphysician

In this article, we will look at these statistical fallacies: Simpsons Paradox, base-rate fallacy and the Texas sharpshooter fallacy.

Categories Blog, Epistemology, Mathematics, Philosophy, Science Tags bias, chance, data, Epistemology, fallacies, fallacy, math, mathematics, probability, science, Statistics, Stats Leave a comment

Statistical Fallacy List, Part One

31 May 20208 May 2020 by TheMetaphysician

In this article, we will look at these statistical fallacies: biased sample, citation fallacy, regression fallacy and the gamblers fallacy.

Categories Blog, Epistemology, Mathematics, Philosophy, Science Tags bias, chance, data, Epistemology, fallacies, fallacy, math, mathematics, probability, science, Statistics, Stats Leave a comment

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