Survivorship bias

Noun

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Definitions

1.NounA form of selection bias in which only the people or things that "survived" some process are considered, while those that did not are inadvertently overlooked because of their lack of visibility.

Synonyms

survival bias survivor bias selection bias selective advantage survivorship natural selection selection healthy user bias sexual selection bioselection survival of the fittest group selection

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