false precision

• spuriousFalse though appearing genuine
• decimalTenths-based notation
• exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
• significant figuresDigits indicating measurement precision
• overconfidentExcessively sure of oneself

misleading · statistics · rounding · measurement · error · uncertainty · calibration · decimal places · pseudoscience · quantification · illusory · calculated · pedantic · nitpicking · hairsplitting · scientific notation · margin · data

• statistical fallaciesgambler's fallacy, survivorship bias, sampling bias, selection bias, law of averages
• cognitive biasesconfirmation bias, anchoring bias, negativity bias, framing effect, optimism bias
• overthinkingoverthink, ruminate, obsess, brood, dwell