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Survivorship bias (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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"Survivorship bias is a form of selection bias that can lead to overly optimistic beliefs because multiple failures are overlooked."

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[–] 200ok 9 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of stats that were reported about the number of students who successfully landed co-op jobs each semester.

If a kid didn't get a job before their study semester was over, they'd just take their next study semester early and hope to land a co-op job in the next semester.

The school wouldn't include their headcount in the number of students who didn't get a job that semester and the employment rate looked wildly successful.