Reading The Fine Art of Baloney

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After reading The Fine Art of Baloney, discuss three examples of the fallacies listed by Sagan that you have seen in your work. If not in your work, discuss three examples you’ve seen in your life experience. For each example, what was the result? For at least one of the examples, explain how the tools that were discussed in either the lecture or the reading might have been utilized.

  • After reading pp. 67-71 of Dark Data, briefly explain two of the following concepts and why they are important for data analytics:
  • Availability Bias
  • Base Rate Fallacy
  • Conjunction Fallacy
  • Confirmation Bias