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prosecutor's fallacy

fallacy of statistical reasoning, typically used by the prosecution to argue for the guilt of a defendant during a criminal trial
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prosecutor's fallacy

Summary

prosecutor's fallacy is a misuse of statistics[1]. It draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (misuse_of_statistics category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • prosecutor's fallacy's instance of is recorded as misuse of statistics[3].
  • prosecutor's fallacy's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[4].
  • prosecutor's fallacy's said to be the same as is recorded as misuse of p-values[5].
  • prosecutor's fallacy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d8x6[6].
  • prosecutor's fallacy's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776440481[7].
  • prosecutor's fallacy's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/ProsecutorsFallacy[8].

Why It Matters

prosecutor's fallacy draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (misuse_of_statistics category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). prosecutor's fallacy. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/prosecutor-s-fallacy
MLA “prosecutor's fallacy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/prosecutor-s-fallacy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_prosecutor-s-fallacy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{prosecutor's fallacy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/prosecutor-s-fallacy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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