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base rate fallacies

base rate fallacies is the plural of base rate fallacy.

Meaning of base rate fallacy

Noun

base rate fallacy (plural base rate fallacies)

  1. A common error in logical reasoning where an effect is attributed to an incorrect cause because the basic statistical ratios have not been taken into account.

Questions about base rate fallacies

What is base rate fallacies the plural of?
Base rate fallacies is the plural of base rate fallacy.

Words near base rate fallacies in the dictionary

  1. base price
  2. base prices
  3. base radio
  4. base radios
  5. base rate
  6. base rate fallacies
  7. base rate fallacy
  8. base rates
  9. base rent
  10. base right
  11. base rights

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