overcounting
Adding too many
Overcounting is counting something more than once, inflating the total beyond the true number.
In mathematics and statistics, overcounting is a common error when calculating combinations or probabilities: The formula overcounts arrangements that are actually identical.
More broadly, it describes any methodology that produces artificially high figures: Critics accused the study of overcounting by including duplicate records.
Error in estimation
- overestimationJudging something too high
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- inflationSustained price level increase
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
Sustained price level increase
- overestimationJudging something too high
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
- overrepresentationDisproportionately high presence
Claim beyond the facts
- inflationSustained price level increase
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overestimationJudging something too high
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
overemphasis · overreporting · magnification · distortion · puffery · aggrandizement · overstating · padding
Proving something accurate
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- cross-checkingValidating through comparison
- auditFormal accounts examination
- reviewCritical written assessment
validation · scrutiny · inspection · oversight · compliance · spot-check · monitoring · accountability
miscalculation
Error in estimation
- overestimationJudging something too high
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- inflationSustained price level increase
inflation
Sustained price level increase
- overestimationJudging something too high
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
overstatement
Claim beyond the facts
- inflationSustained price level increase
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overestimationJudging something too high
hyperbole · overemphasis · overreporting · magnification · distortion · puffery · aggrandizement · overstating · padding
verification
Proving something accurate
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- cross-checkingValidating through comparison
- auditFormal accounts examination
review · validation · scrutiny · inspection · oversight · compliance · spot-check · monitoring · accountability
- calculation errorsmiscalculation, math error, addition error, subtraction error, multiplication error
- election fraudelection fraud, voter fraud, ballot stuffing, ballot tampering, vote rigging
- combinatoricspermutation, combinations, combination, arrangements, binomial coefficient
- census methodscensus bureau, census forms, census form, census tract, census year
- overdoing itoverdo, overreach, overwork, overspend, overexert
overcountingundercounting
Tallying fewer than exist
underestimating · underreporting · shortchanging · missing · underrepresenting
count, discount, account, counter, counting, recount, counted, counters, recounting