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Survivorship bias is a form of sampling bias that can lead to overly optimistic beliefs because multiple failures are overlooked.

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Is it true that Survivorship bias is a form of sampling bias that can lead to overly optimistic beliefs because multiple failures are overlooked?

Yes. Multiple reliable sources directly confirm that survivorship bias is a form of sampling/selection bias that creates overly optimistic beliefs by ignoring failures.

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Wikipedia: Survivorship bias
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Wikipedia: Survivorship bias. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Survivorship bias
Explicitly confirms survivorship bias is a form of sampling bias leading to overly optimistic beliefs.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Survivorship bias. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

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PLOS (all journals): Over twenty years of publications in Ecology: Over-contribution of women reveals a new dimension of gender bias
Notes survivorship bias is a form of selection bias leading to more optimistic interpretations.
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PLOS (all journals): Over twenty years of publications in Ecology: Over-contribution of women reveals a new dimension of gender bias. (n.d.). PLOS (all journals). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307813

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