post hoc

(hŏk, hōk)

adv. & adj.

In or of the form of an argument in which one event is asserted to be the cause of a later event simply by virtue of having happened earlier: grasping at reasons post hoc; a post hoc fallacy.

[Latin, short for post hoc, ergō propter hoc, after this, therefore because of this : post, after + hoc, neuter of hic, this.]

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post hoc

(ˈpəʊst ˈhɒk)

(Logic) logic the fallacy of assuming that temporal succession is evidence of causal relation

[from Latin, short for Post hoc ergo propter hoc after this, therefore on account of this]

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post hoc

A Latin phrase meaning after this, used to describe the fallacy of assuming a later event is caused by an earlier one.

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post hoc - the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation

post hoc ergo propter hoc

logical fallacy - a fallacy in logical argumentation

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It is used in post hoc comparisons and is not really a t-test.

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ANOVA and POST HOC test were used for the analysis of the data.

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Participants primed with love felt more love than those primed with lust, [M.sub.love] = 5.46, SD = 1.45 versus [M.sub.lust] = 3.58, SD = 1.80; LSD post hoc, p < .001, or those in the control condition, [M.sub.love] = 5.46, SD = 1.45 versus [M.sub.control] = 3.64, SD = 1.43; LSD post hoc, p < .001.

How love and lust influence self-control

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The [alpha] value for post hoc tests for type of disability was set to 0.0125 (0.05/4).

Transfer component skill deficit rates among Veterans who use wheelchairs

Researchers did a post hoc analysis of data gathered in the multicenter Canadian Oxygen Trial, which compared the effects of lower (85%-89%) vs.

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Those data were derived from post hoc analyses of studies (mainly osteoporosis studies) that were not designed to test the effect of calcium on heart disease risk.