Woozle effect
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woozle-effect-207-10112409
title:
Woozle effect
text:
The Woozle effect, also known as evidence by citation, occurs when a source is widely cited for a claim that the source does not adequately support, giving said claim undeserved credibility. If results are not replicated and no one notices that a key claim was never well-supported in its original publication, faulty assumptions may affect further research. The Woozle effect is somewhat similar to circular reporting in journalism, where someone makes a questionable claim, and a journalist unthink
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encyclopedia
description:
False credibility due to quantity of citations
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woozle_effect
date created:
2013-01-03T19:10:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T07:12:01Z
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