What is Insensitivity to sample size? [Definition and Example] - Understanding Cognitive Biases

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Intro - 00:00
Definition - 00:02
Example - 00:11
Outro - 00:47

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What is Insensitivity to sample size?

Definition:
The tendency to under-expect variation in small samples.

Example:
Kidney cancer rates are lowest in counties that are mostly rural, sparsely populated, and located in traditionally Republican states in the Midwest, the South, and the West, but that they are also highest in counties that are mostly rural, sparsely populated, and located in traditionally Republican states in the Midwest, the South, and the West. While various environmental and economic reasons could be advanced for these facts, Wainer and Zwerlig argue that this is an artifact of sample size.

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What are Cognitive Biases?

A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them and affects the decisions and judgments that they make.

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