Survivorship bias, or survival bias, is a type of measurement error that happens when you make a mistake in your selection of subjects Put more simply, it's when you only 'see' survivors because of how you're selecting peoplepic.twitter.com/6C5TqY4QlM
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I love the classic story of Wald and the WWII bombers, that so nearly describes the bias - and how easy it is to fall victim to it!https://clearthinking.co/survivorship-bias/ …
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I really like that example, thanks!
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Great thread. I always consider this bias with regard to weight loss and fitness, I must remember to consider it more widely!
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