Cherry picking

This article is about the logical fallacy. For the harvesting of cherries, see Cherry § Cultivation. For other uses, see Cherry picking (disambiguation).

Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position. Cherry picking may be committed intentionally or unintentionally.[2]

  1. ^ Sven Ove Hansson (2017). "Science denial as a form of pseudoscience". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (63): 39–47. doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.05.002.
  2. ^ Klass, Gary. "Just Plain Data Analysis: Common Statistical Fallacies in Analyses of Social Indicator Data. Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University" (PDF). statlit.org. ~2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
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