Retrodiction
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A Retrodiction is a causal inference (data value) for some future event.
- AKA: Postdiction.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Prediction.
- See: Causality, Causal Perception, Posthoc Analysis.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/retrodiction Retrieved:2015-4-2.
- Retrodiction (or postdiction, though this should not be confused with the use of the term in criticisms of parapsychological research) is the act of making a “prediction” about the past.
2006
- (Choi & Scholl, 2006) ⇒ Hoon Choi, and Brian J. Scholl. (2006). “Perceiving Causality After the Fact: Postdiction in the Temporal Dynamics of Causal Perception.” In: PERCEPTION-LONDON- 35, no. 3.