Editing False precision (section)

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'''False precision''' (also called '''overprecision''', '''fake precision''', '''misplaced precision''', '''excess precision''', and '''spurious precision''') occurs when numerical data are presented in a manner that implies better [[Accuracy and precision|precision]] than is justified; since precision is a limit to [[Accuracy and precision|accuracy]] (in the ISO definition of accuracy), this often leads to overconfidence in the accuracy, named [[precision bias]].<ref name=ff>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallacyfiles.org/fakeprec.html|title=Overprecision|publisher=Fallacy files}}</ref>