Survivorship bias is an example of a wider problem called selecting on the dependent variable. That sounds complex, but it’s a simple idea: you can’t work out why X happens if you only look at examples where X did happen.
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Survivorship bias is an example of a wider problem called selecting on the dependent variable. That sounds complex, but it’s a simple idea: you can’t work out why X happens if you only look at examples where X did happen.