If a clinician believes certain signs or behaviors indicate some meaningful clinical entity when there is actually no relationship, it would be an example of a(n):

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An illusory correlation occurs when a person perceives a relationship between two variables even when no such relationship exists. In the context of clinical practice, this means the clinician mistakenly believes that certain signs or behaviors are related to a specific clinical entity, despite the lack of evidence for such a connection.

If a Clinician Believes Certain Signs or Behaviors Indicate Some