Regression to the mean
Where luck plays a part, an unusually high or low result is usually followed by one closer to the average, just by chance (Galton, 1886). It makes us credit or blame whatever happened in between, like praise or telling off.
Depth 1 · Foundation
You can explain, as skill plus luck, why the unusual is usually followed by the more ordinary, and ask whether a change would have happened anyway.
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You can explain, as skill plus luck, why the unusual is usually followed by the more ordinary, and ask whether a change would have happened anyway.
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What's still between you and Regression to the mean, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.
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- 3Cognitive biasDepth 1 · Foundation · Thinking and Deciding
- 4Seeing patterns in chanceDepth 1 · Foundation · Thinking and Deciding
- 5Regression to the meanDepth 1 · Foundation · Thinking and Deciding