Tag

statistics

Entries tagged with statistics - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.

6 concepts

Psychological Phenomenon

Apophenia 

The tendency to perceive meaningful connections, patterns, or intentions in random or unrelated information.

 Logical Fallacy

Base Rate Fallacy 

Ignoring general statistical information in favour of specific but less reliable details about an individual case.

 Cognitive Bias

Clustering Illusion 

The tendency to see meaningful patterns in small clusters of random data, when the clusters are exactly what randomness looks like.

 Logical Fallacy

Hasty Generalisation 

Drawing a broad conclusion from too few examples - treating a small sample as though it represents the whole picture.

 Cognitive Bias

Illusory Correlation 

Perceiving a relationship between two things when no meaningful connection exists - or when the connection is far weaker than it appears.

 Logical Fallacy

Post Hoc 

Assuming that because one thing happened after another, the first thing caused the second - confusing sequence with causation.