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False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner that implies better precision than is justified; since precision is a limit to accuracy (in the ISO definition of accuracy), this often leads to overconfidence in the accuracy, named precision bias.[1]
Falseprecision (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 falseprecision 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 falseprecision 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...
said to provide falseprecision. The clustering illusion and the Texas sharpshooter fallacy may both be treated as relatives of precision bias. In these...
significant digit in the input data could be recognized as an example of falseprecision. With the implied accuracy of the data points of ±0.5, the zeroth order...
argument form is with a counterexample with true premises but an obviously false conclusion. For example: If someone lives in San Diego, then they live in...
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...
fallacy is the false positive paradox (also known as accuracy paradox). This paradox describes situations where there are more false positive test results...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
rounded to 273 K to avoid falseprecision in the Celsius value. E The 273.15 K difference between K and °C is within the precision of these values. F For...
"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...
Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground...
and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. It is also called argument to logic (argumentum ad logicam), the fallacy...
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...
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...
precision. The positive predictive value (PPV), or precision, is defined as PPV = Number of true positives Number of true positives + Number of false...
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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