The outcome bias is an error made in evaluating the quality of a decision when the outcome of that decision is already known. Specifically, the outcome effect occurs when the same "behavior produce[s] more ethical condemnation when it happen[s] to produce bad rather than good outcome, even if the outcome is determined by chance."[1]
While similar to the hindsight bias, the two phenomena are markedly different. Hindsight bias focuses on memory distortion to favor the actor, while the outcome bias focuses exclusively on weighting the outcome heavier than other pieces of information in deciding if a past decision was correct.
^Gino, Francesca; Moore, Don A.; Bazerman, Max H. (2009). "No Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments" (PDF). SSRN 1099464. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2013-04-04. Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-080.
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for cancer treatment. Outcome switching can lead to bias and undermine the reliability of the trial, for instance when outcomes are switched after researchers...
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political bias has a lasting impact with proven effects on voter behaviour and consequent political outcomes. With an understanding of political bias comes...
factors and selection bias, depending on how the treatment group is chosen, this method may still be subject to certain biases (e.g., mean regression...
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