Illusory Correlation: Patterns that Mislead Our Minds
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Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
- Role
- Correction
- Publisher
- When Notes Fly
- Topic
- Concepts
- Status
- Accepted
- Date
- 11 July 2026
Suggested change
(1) "elaborated by Ward Jenkins and Ward Ward in the 1960s" -> "elaborated by Harold Jenkins and William Ward in the 1960s" (2) "Fischer Black and Myron Scholes' efficient market framework, developed in..." -> "Eugene Fama's efficient market framework, developed in the late 1960s and..." (3) "in a 1996 meta-analysis in <em>Psychological Science</em>" -> "in a 1996 meta-analysis in <em>Psychology, Public Policy, and Law</em>"
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