base rate fallacy
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base rate fallacy

(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics the tendency, when making judgments of the probability with which an event will occur, to ignore the base rate and to concentrate on other information

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base rate fallacy (redirected from Base-rate error)

base rate fallacy
(redirected from Base-rate error)