Texas sharpshooter fallacy (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Texas sharpshooter fallacy" in English language version.

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barrypopik.com

Barry Popik (2013-03-09). "Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy". barrypopik.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.

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Carroll, Robert Todd (2003). The Skeptic's Dictionary: a collection of strange beliefs, amusing deceptions, and dangerous delusions. John Wiley & Sons. p. 375. ISBN 0-471-27242-6. Retrieved 2012-03-25. The term refers to the story of the Texan who shoots holes in the side of a barn and then draws a bull's-eye around the bullet holes

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Thompson, William C. (July 18, 2009). "Painting the target around the matching profile: the Texas sharpshooter fallacy in forensic DNA interpretation". Law, Probability, & Risk. 8 (3): 257–258. doi:10.1093/lpr/mgp013. Retrieved 2012-03-25. Texas sharpshooter fallacy...this article demonstrates how post hoc target shifting occurs and how it can distort the frequency and likelihood ratio statistics used to characterize DNA matches, making matches appear more probative than they actually are.
Feychting, M.; Ahlbom, A. (1993-10-01). "Magnetic fields and cancer in children residing near Swedish high-voltage power lines". American Journal of Epidemiology. 138 (7): 467–481. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116881. ISSN 0002-9262. PMID 8213751.

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Bennett, Bo, "Texas sharpshooter fallacy", Logically Fallacious, retrieved 21 October 2014, description: ignoring the difference while focusing on the similarities, thus coming to an inaccurate conclusion

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Coghlan, Andy. "Swedish studies pinpoint power line cancer link". New Scientist.

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Feychting, M.; Ahlbom, A. (1993-10-01). "Magnetic fields and cancer in children residing near Swedish high-voltage power lines". American Journal of Epidemiology. 138 (7): 467–481. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116881. ISSN 0002-9262. PMID 8213751.

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Thompson, William C. (July 18, 2009). "Painting the target around the matching profile: the Texas sharpshooter fallacy in forensic DNA interpretation". Law, Probability, & Risk. 8 (3): 257–258. doi:10.1093/lpr/mgp013. Retrieved 2012-03-25. Texas sharpshooter fallacy...this article demonstrates how post hoc target shifting occurs and how it can distort the frequency and likelihood ratio statistics used to characterize DNA matches, making matches appear more probative than they actually are.

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"Frontline: previous reports: transcripts: currents of fear". PBS. 1995-06-13. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2012-07-03.

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Atul Gawande (1999-08-02). "The cancer-cluster myth" (PDF). The New Yorker. Retrieved 2009-10-10.

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"Nostradamus Predicted 9/11?". snopes.com. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 2012-07-03.

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"Frontline: previous reports: transcripts: currents of fear". PBS. 1995-06-13. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2012-07-03.

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Feychting, M.; Ahlbom, A. (1993-10-01). "Magnetic fields and cancer in children residing near Swedish high-voltage power lines". American Journal of Epidemiology. 138 (7): 467–481. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116881. ISSN 0002-9262. PMID 8213751.