False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner... 4 KB (488 words) - 03:41, 10 July 2023 |
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 +/-... 23 KB (2,843 words) - 16:42, 25 April 2024 |
Significant figures (redirect from Arithmetic 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... 41 KB (5,301 words) - 23:31, 7 May 2024 |
False equivalence A false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed... 10 KB (855 words) - 20:03, 9 May 2024 |
Sensitivity and specificity (redirect from False-positive rate) accuracy profile Discrimination (information) False positive paradox Hypothesis tests for accuracy Precision and recall Receiver operating characteristic... 27 KB (4,129 words) - 18:30, 14 May 2024 |
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... 10 KB (1,501 words) - 09:49, 25 June 2023 |
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... 104 KB (12,973 words) - 00:25, 13 May 2024 |
gamesmanship by institutions looking to improve their rank, imply a false precision by deriving an ordinal ranking from questionable data, contribute to... 38 KB (4,093 words) - 21:05, 11 May 2024 |
said to provide false precision. The clustering illusion and the Texas sharpshooter fallacy may both be treated as relatives of precision bias. In these... 4 KB (369 words) - 23:55, 28 April 2024 |
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... 16 KB (2,057 words) - 12:54, 15 May 2024 |
Base rate fallacy (redirect from False positive paradox) test results than true positives (this means the classifier has a low precision). For example, if a facial recognition camera can identify wanted criminals... 43 KB (5,740 words) - 08:31, 15 May 2024 |
Argument from authority (redirect from False authority) 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... 26 KB (2,790 words) - 01:16, 13 May 2024 |
/ Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting out... 12 KB (1,113 words) - 16:13, 28 March 2024 |
/ Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting out... 12 KB (1,451 words) - 08:20, 9 May 2024 |
False attribution may refer to: Misattribution in general, when a quotation or work is accidentally, traditionally, or based on bad information attributed... 3 KB (318 words) - 23:54, 29 April 2024 |
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... 14 KB (2,097 words) - 19:14, 14 May 2024 |
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;... 7 KB (872 words) - 15:23, 16 April 2024 |
However, sources like Encyclopædia Britannica still consider it a misnomer. False friends Folk etymology – Process of reinterpretive word formation Genetic... 4 KB (519 words) - 21:51, 26 March 2024 |
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... 65 KB (6,863 words) - 23:59, 6 May 2024 |
Post hoc ergo propter hoc (redirect from Fallacy of False Cause) / Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting out... 5 KB (622 words) - 05:44, 14 May 2024 |
"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... 4 KB (451 words) - 21:22, 27 April 2024 |
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... 7 KB (791 words) - 15:47, 3 May 2024 |
/ Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting out... 18 KB (1,864 words) - 02:36, 19 February 2024 |
linguistic misconception Evasion (ethics): tell the truth while deceiving False equivalence: fallacy based on flawed reasoning If-by-whiskey: an example... 3 KB (367 words) - 23:55, 23 April 2024 |
Positive and negative predictive values (redirect from Precision rate) precision. The positive predictive value (PPV), or precision, is defined as PPV = Number of true positives Number of true positives + Number of false... 14 KB (2,306 words) - 00:03, 22 February 2024 |
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... 22 KB (2,920 words) - 15:10, 28 April 2024 |