Survivorship Bias
LSAT glossary · Logical Reasoning
Definition
Drawing conclusions only from cases that remained visible or successful while ignoring cases that disappeared or failed.
Survivorship Bias in plain English
Look for the missing failures. Studying only visible successes can make a strategy appear effective because the cases eliminated by that strategy are no longer counted.
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