You have seen few people with nose rings, and few car accidents in your life. You happen to observe several car accidents involving people with nose rings, and come to the conclusion that people with nose rings drive badly. You have just created a(n)

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This is an example of an illusory correlation, where one infers a relationship between two variables that does not actually exist based on limited or biased observations. In this case, the limited observations of car accidents involving people with nose rings led to the conclusion that they drive badly, although this may not be true of the larger population of people with nose rings.

You Have Seen Few People with Nose Rings, and Few