Mind · Inference
SurvivorCorrect
Accounting for silent failures in data
Definition
Mechanism
Failure Inclusion: When learning from examples, ask: "Am I only seeing successes?" Estimate base rate of attempts. Seek out failures and near-misses. The pattern that "all successful X do Y" means nothing if failed X also did Y. Denominator matters. Utilizes BaseRateInclude.
Preconditions
- Filtered dataset (survivors only)
Postconditions
- True population estimate
Invariants
- CognitiveBias reduced
- Sample re-weighted to account for missing data
Risks
Failure modes
Phantom Hunt
Wasting resources looking for failures in a dataset that is genuinely 100% successful.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Outside view over inside view
Infrastructure
Structural processing error definition
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference