Illusory Correlation
The perception of a relationship between two variables when no such relationship exists.
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Survivorship Bias
A cognitive bias that occurs when conclusions are drawn from a non-representative sample, focusing only on successful cases and ignoring failures.
Selection Bias
A bias that occurs when the sample chosen for a study or survey is not representative of the population being studied, affecting the validity of the results.
Destructive Action
An action in a user interface that, once performed, cannot be undone and typically involves deleting or removing content.
Nielsen’s Heuristics
A set of ten general principles for user interface design created by Jakob Nielsen to improve usability.
Test Environment
An environment used for testing software to identify issues and ensure quality before production deployment.
POLA
Principle of Least Astonishment (POLA) is a design guideline stating that interfaces should behave in a way that users expect to avoid confusion.