clustering illusion

The tendency to erroneously consider the inevitable streaks or clusters arising in small samples from random distributions to be non-random
Event cognitive_bias Q178647
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clustering illusion

Summary

clustering illusion is a cognitive bias[1]. It draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #52 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • clustering illusion's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[3].
  • clustering illusion's instance of is recorded as apophenia[4].
  • clustering illusion's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[5].
  • clustering illusion's Commons category is recorded as Clustering illusion[6].
  • clustering illusion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nw0k[7].
  • clustering illusion's has cause is recorded as Representativeness heuristic[8].
  • clustering illusion's contributing factor of is recorded as hot-hand fallacy[9].
  • clustering illusion's contributing factor of is recorded as gambler's fallacy[10].
  • clustering illusion's different from is recorded as Texas sharpshooter fallacy[11].
  • clustering illusion's Quora topic ID is recorded as Clustering-Illusion[12].
  • clustering illusion's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779844188[13].
  • clustering illusion's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Clustering_illusion[14].

Why It Matters

clustering illusion draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #52 of 95).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). clustering illusion. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/clustering-illusion
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_clustering-illusion_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{clustering illusion}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/clustering-illusion}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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