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prosecutor's fallacy: a standalone construct

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Judgment and decision making

confusing the chance of the evidence given innocence with the chance of innocence given the evidence.

In judgment and decision making, prosecutor's fallacy refers to confusing the chance of the evidence given innocence with the chance of innocence given the evidence. This meaning comes from Thompson (1987) in Law and Human Behavior.[1]

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References

Thompson, W. C., & Schumann, E. L. (1987). Interpretation of statistical evidence in criminal trials: The prosecutor's fallacy and the defense attorney's fallacy. Law and Human Behavior, 11(3), 167-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01044641

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