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Meaning of "base-rate fallacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BASE-RATE FALLACY

base-rate fallacy  [ˈbeɪsˌreɪt ˈfæləsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASE-RATE FALLACY

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Base-Rate fallacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BASE-RATE FALLACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Base rate fallacy

Base rate fallacy, also called base rate neglect or base rate bias, is an error in thinking. If presented with related base rate information and specific information, the mind tends to ignore the former and focus on the latter. This is what the base rate fallacy refers to.

Definition of base-rate fallacy in the English dictionary

The definition of base-rate fallacy in the dictionary is the tendency, when making judgments of the probability with which an event will occur, to ignore the base rate and to concentrate on other information.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BASE-RATE FALLACY


accuracy
ˈækjʊrəsɪ
advocacy
ˈædvəkəsɪ
articulacy
ɑːˈtɪkjʊləsɪ
conspiracy
kənˈspɪrəsɪ
democracy
dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ
diplomacy
dɪˈpləʊməsɪ
efficacy
ˈɛfɪkəsɪ
embassy
ˈɛmbəsɪ
esemplasy
ɛsˈɛmpləsɪ
fallacy
ˈfæləsɪ
fantasy
ˈfæntəsɪ
inarticulacy
ˌɪnɑːˈtɪkjʊləsɪ
inviolacy
ɪnˈvaɪələsɪ
jealousy
ˈdʒɛləsɪ
legacy
ˈlɛɡəsɪ
literacy
ˈlɪtərəsɪ
pharmacy
ˈfɑːməsɪ
prelacy
ˈprɛləsɪ
privacy
ˈpraɪvəsɪ
Wallasey
ˈwɒləsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BASE-RATE FALLACY

base line
base load
base metal
base pairing
base period
base rate
base rate fallacy
base speed
base station
base unit
base year
baseball
baseball cap
baseball glove
baseballer
baseband
baseboard
baseborn
baseburner
based

WORDS THAT END LIKE BASE-RATE FALLACY

adequacy
base rate fallacy
bureaucracy
candidacy
delicacy
gamblers´ fallacy
immaculacy
inaccuracy
inadequacy
intimacy
lacy
legitimacy
naturalistic fallacy
numeracy
pathetic fallacy
piracy
primacy
racy
supremacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of base-rate fallacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «base-rate fallacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BASE-RATE FALLACY

Find out the translation of base-rate fallacy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of base-rate fallacy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «base-rate fallacy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

基准利率的谬论
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falacia de la proporción de base
570 millions of speakers

English

base-rate fallacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधार दर भ्रम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معدل قاعدة مغالطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

базовые ставки заблуждение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falácia da taxa básica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেস-রেট ভ্রান্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

erreur de taux de base
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kadar kecurangan asas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

BasisrateTrugschluss
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベースレート誤謬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기본 속도 착오
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kesalahan dhasar dasar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cơ sở tỷ lệ sai lầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிப்படை விகிதம் வீழ்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेस रेट चुकीची कल्पना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Temel oran yanlışlığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

base- rate fallacy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

błędne stawki bazowej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

базові ставки оману
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de bază , rata de eroare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βασικού επιτοκίου πλάνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

basis - tarief dwaling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

base -rate fallacy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grunnrentefeilslutning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of base-rate fallacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BASE-RATE FALLACY»

The term «base-rate fallacy» is used very little and occupies the 189.869 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BASE-RATE FALLACY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about base-rate fallacy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASE-RATE FALLACY»

Discover the use of base-rate fallacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to base-rate fallacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Social Psychology
BASE-RATE FALLACY Errors in both the availability and representativeness heuristic occur because people tend to ignore the probability of a given event, a phenomenon called the base-rate fallacy (Tversky & Kahneman, 1973). This fallacy ...
Catherine A. Sanderson, 2009
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Malware Detection
Axelsson concluded that false positives will always remain a major problem and called this phenomenon, the base-rate fallacy of intrusion detection. We attempt to address the base-rate fallacy. We claim that, even though the fallacy mandates  ...
Mihai Christodorescu, Somesh Jha, Douglas Maughan, 2007
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Stock-market Psychology: How People Value and Trade Stocks
The Base-Rate Fallacy and Representativeness Tversky and Kahneman (1982a) propose that people tend to simplify their judgments and decisions through the use of a few simple heuristics that help them avoid difficulties. The first ...
Karl Erik Wärneryd, 2001
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The Law and Economics of Irrational Behavior
This problem can be illustrated by the base-rate fallacy and conservatism. 2.3.1.1 .3 Base-rate fallacy. In Bayesian-type problems, people typically estimate the posterior probability of an event (such as that a person is a lawyer or has a disease, ...
Francesco Parisi, Vernon L. Smith, 2005
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Base Rate Fallacy
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
6
Facilitation of Bayesian Decision Making
This within-subjects variation in attendance to base rates has been used to criticize the theory of base-rate neglect, suggesting that the base-rate fallacy may be a function of the task or interpretation of the task (Birnbaum, 1983; Koehler, ...
Yasmine Lauren Konheim Kalkstein, 2008
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Induction and Deduction in the Sciences
Likelihoods And The Base-rate Fallacy One way to introduce the base-rate fallacy is via the so-called Harvard Medical School test. Here are some details. A test for the presence of a disease has two outcomes, 'positive' and 'negative'.
Friedrich Stadler, 2004
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The Legacy of Solomon Asch: Essays in Cognition and Social ...
Contingent Goals: Narrative Inference and the Base Rate Fallacy The paradigmatic and narrative modes are associated with fundamental orientations that affect inference in general. The deployment of the two sets of strategies as a function of ...
Irvin Rock, Irvin Rock
9
Social and Cognitive Pharmacy: Theory and Case Studies
Base-rate fallacy The base-rate fallacy is the failure to take account of the prior probability of an event when making a judgement. Exploring the concept: the base-rate fallacy Remember the thinking, again in a previous example, that the ...
Parastou Donyai, 2012
10
Adaptive Thinking: Rationality in the Real World
Note that Inhelder and Piaget asked children for frequency judgments, not probability judgments. Base-Rate Fallacy Among all cognitive illusions, the "base -rate fallacy" has probably received the most attention. The neglect of base rates  ...
Gerd Gigerenzer, 2000

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASE-RATE FALLACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term base-rate fallacy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Schizophrenia Genetics: A Revolution with a Dash of Caution
This is primarily because of something called the base-rate fallacy whereby a partially sensitive and accurate test will result in many more false ... «BioNews, Jul 14»
2
The World Outdoors: Psychologist probes birder behaviour
... bird watchers neglect to properly account for the low probability of seeing rare species, Scialfa says this is known as the “base-rate fallacy.”. «London Free Press, Jul 14»
3
Come on in, the water's fine, or why there's no logic in fearing a trip …
The other is called a base-rate fallacy. The fact that Sheila Nabb was beaten here tends to outweigh, in our fallacious minds, the fact that the ... «National Post, Dec 13»
4
Policy: Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims
Beware the base-rate fallacy. The ability of an imperfect test to identify a condition depends upon the likelihood of that condition occurring (the ... «Nature.com, Nov 13»
5
Building Bridges to the Good Life and the Good Society
The list of biases is long, from the base-rate fallacy to self-flattering and overconfident behaviors and then the framing, omission and status quo ... «Metapsychology, Jul 09»

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