False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision, excess precision, and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data...

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

Accuracy and precision are two measures of observational error. Accuracy is how close a given set of measurements (observations or readings) are to their...

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...

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...

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

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...

The example cited was a 15 December 2018 Irish digital media company ad falsely claiming that two thirds of people wanted Santa to be either female or...

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

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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

individuals create a stronger likelihood of a subject agreeing with an obviously false conclusion, despite the subject normally being able to clearly see that...

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nature of this report, they are presented to only a precision of one second /> to avoid false precision. American Eagle is a brand name used by American...

past claims are inconsistent with the truth of claim X. Therefore, X is false. For example: Person A: "Smoking is associated with chronic health disorders...

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...

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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;...

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linguistic misconception Evasion (ethics): Tell the truth while deceiving False equivalence: Fallacy based on flawed reasoning If-by-whiskey: An example...

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the test's false positive rate, even tests that have a very low risk of giving a false positive in an individual case will give more false than true positives...