False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner...

cats (false positives). Seven dogs were missed (false negatives), and seven cats were correctly excluded (true negatives). The program's precision is then...

to false precision errors when accepting data from sources that do not obey it. For example, a source reporting a number like 153,753 with precision +/-...

conveying a misleading level of precision, numbers are often rounded. For instance, it would create false precision to present a measurement as 12.34525 kg...

False equivalence A false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed...

accuracy profile Discrimination (information) False positive paradox Hypothesis tests for accuracy Precision and recall Receiver operating characteristic...

said to provide false precision. The clustering illusion and the Texas sharpshooter fallacy may both be treated as relatives of precision bias. In these...

gamesmanship by institutions looking to improve their rank, imply a false precision by deriving an ordinal ranking from questionable data, contribute to...

significant digit in the input data could be recognized as an example of false precision. With the implied accuracy of the data points of ±0.5, the zeroth order...

fallacy, even in the inductive method, when the source of the claim is a false authority, such as when the supposed authority is not a real expert, or...

fallacy is the false positive paradox (also known as accuracy paradox). This paradox describes situations where there are more false positive test results...

A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are...

proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the opponent's proposition...

/ Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting out...

/ Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting out...

recognized as not well-grounded, the conclusion as unproven (but not necessarily false), and the argument as unsound. A formal fallacy is an error in the argument's...

predictive performance. It is calculated from the precision and recall of the test, where the precision is the number of true positive results divided by...

rounded to 273 K to avoid false precision in the Celsius value. E The 273.15 K difference between K and °C is within the precision of these values. F For...

The questionable cause—also known as causal fallacy, false cause, or non causa pro causa ("non-cause for cause" in Latin)—is a category of informal fallacies...

Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground...

simply the opposite of 'verifies'; and it therefore means 'shows to be false'.) Allowing that this is indeed such a counter example, he ought to withdraw;...

/ Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting out...

closely related concept is the "perfect solution fallacy". By creating a false dichotomy that presents one option which is obviously advantageous—while...

are ignored, but similarities are overemphasized. From this reasoning, a false conclusion is inferred. This fallacy is the philosophical or rhetorical...

past claims are inconsistent with the truth of claim X. Therefore, X is false. As a specific example, consider the following scenario where Person A and...

/ Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting out...

linguistic misconception Evasion (ethics): tell the truth while deceiving False equivalence: fallacy based on flawed reasoning If-by-whiskey: an example...

used by the teleological argument would seem to agree with polytheism. A false analogy is an informal fallacy, or a faulty instance, of the argument from...

on the inability of the audience to have a clear view of the amount of false statements by both parts of the debate. Walton has argued that ad hominem...

"argument" has the following form: Unfavorable information (be it true or false) about person A is presented by another (e.g. "Before you listen to my opponent...