double counting
Counting something twice
Double counting is the error of counting the same thing more than once in a calculation or analysis, leading to inflated totals.
In economics, it might mean including both a component's value and the finished product's full price.
In carbon accounting, emissions might be counted by both the producer and consumer.
The study's methodology involved double counting—participants who visited multiple locations were tallied at each one.
Tallying more than exists
- inflationSustained price level increase
- miscountError in enumeration
- overestimationJudging something too high
- overreportingDeclaring excessive amounts
miscalculation · inaccuracy · redundancy · misreporting · recording error · clerical error · reconciliation · correction
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- sampling errorSubset-population value difference
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
- overlappingCovering part of another
Debts owed to business
- journal entryDated record in diary
- balance sheetAssets-liabilities-equity report
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- internal controlsOrganizational oversight procedures
overcounting
Tallying more than exists
- inflationSustained price level increase
- miscountError in enumeration
- overestimationJudging something too high
overreporting · miscalculation · inaccuracy · redundancy · misreporting · recording error · clerical error · reconciliation · correction
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- sampling errorSubset-population value difference
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
accounts receivable
Debts owed to business
- journal entryDated record in diary
- balance sheetAssets-liabilities-equity report
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- calculation errorsmiscalculation, math error, miscount, miscounting, addition error
- financial errorsbilling error, bank error, calculation error, rounding error, math error
- scoring errorsmiscounts
- combinatoricspermutation, combinations, combination, arrangements, binomial coefficient
- proofsproof by contradiction, contrapositive, contradiction, theorem, lemma
- counting methodstally, tally marks, enumeration, tick marks, hash marks