POST HOC FALLACY

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N., Pam M.S.
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with regard to statistics and experimental design, the erroneous inference that since B came after A, then A elicited B. This is comparable to the idea of false cause in philosophy.

POST HOC FALLACY: "The ultimate outcome of a post hoc fallacy is not always incorrect."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. ARTIFACT
  2. AUTOCORRELATION
  3. BETWEEN-SUBJECTS DESIGN
  4. BEFORE-AFTER DESIGN
  5. BLOCK DESIGN
  6. UNIT OF ANALYSIS
  7. PLURALISM
  8. BLOCK DESIGN
  9. VARIABILITY
  10. RANDOM FACTOR
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "POST HOC FALLACY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/post-hoc-fallacy/ (accessed July 4, 2020).
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