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Wikipedia: Omission bias

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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omission_bias

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omission_bias
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Encyclopedia
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2
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Wikipedia: Omission bias
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    Omission bias is the moral judgement in which people prefer omission (inaction) over commission (action), and tend to believe harm as a result of commission more negatively than harm as a result of omission.
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Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Psychological Phenomena, 10 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 connected, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

8

Psychological Phenomena

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2

Psychological Phenomena

Connected

2

Psychological Phenomena

General References

3

Psychological Phenomena

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