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base-rate fallacy: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

ignoring the prior frequency of an event in favor of specific case information when judging probability.

In cognitive psychology, base-rate fallacy refers to ignoring the prior frequency of an event in favor of specific case information when judging probability. This meaning comes from Bar-Hillel (1980) in Acta Psychologica.[1]

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References

Bar-Hillel, M. (1980). The base-rate fallacy in probability judgments. Acta Psychologica, 44(3), 211-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(80)90046-3

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