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Illusory Correlation: Patterns that Mislead Our Minds
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Illusory Correlation: Patterns that Mislead Our Minds

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 11 July 2026 · View published page ↗

Illusory correlation explained through Loren Chapman's 1967 study on how false pattern perception distorts psychological evaluations.

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−elaborated by Ward Jenkins and Ward Ward in the 1960s
+elaborated by Harold Jenkins and William Ward in the 1960s
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−Fischer Black and Myron Scholes' efficient market framework, developed…
+Eugene Fama's efficient market framework, developed in the late 1960s…
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−in a 1996 meta-analysis in Psychological Science
+in a 1996 meta-analysis in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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