Avoiding the cum hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy: Comments and questions regarding Full Transfer Potential

Cum hoc ergo propter hoc ("With this, therefore because of this").

The Trouble with QSAR (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Embrace Fallacy)

A general feeling of disillusionment with QSAR has settled across the modeling community in recent years. Most practitioners seem to agree that QSAR has not fulfilled the expectations set for its ability to predict biological activity. Among the possible reasons that have been proposed recently for this disappointment are chance correlation, rough response surfaces, incorrect functional forms, ...

Money may matter , but how could you know ?

Christina and David Romers’ reply to our article ‘Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Once More’ misses the point. Our argument was never that monetary policy did not matter, but that their methods could not provide useful evidence that it did. Yet, they offer additional evidence of the same type with respect to the efficacy of monetary shocks without effectively replying to the criticisms of their metho...

Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw: cause and effect or a post hoc fallacy?

BACKGROUND An increasing amount of reports are being published suggesting a relationship between the use of bisphosphonates (BPs) and the development of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). We reviewed the currently available evidence and explore the potential mechanisms of action based on the known effects of the concerned BP. DESIGN The MEDLine, Current Contents and Science Citation Index Expand...

Assessment of DSACC and QPART Algorithms in Ad Hoc Networks

The rapid advancement in wireless over wired has augmented the need for improving theQuality of Service (QoS) over such wireless links. However, the wireless ad hoc networkshave too low bandwidth, and establishing a QoS in these networks is a difficult issue. So,support of quality of service in ad hoc networks is the topical issue among the networkscience researchers. In this research we are go...