Illusory Correlation

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconfalse connection
Executive Parlancespurious association
Scholarly Discourseperceived relationship error
Babel ZenithIllusory Correlation
Origin: Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

Perceiving relationships between unrelated variables.

In the Boardroom

Believing two things are connected when they're not.

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