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60nd-60
Su

Spurious

Severity5/10

Spurious Correlation

Learning of superficial statistical correlations without real causal relationship (e.g., associating snow with wolves because they appear together in photos), failing in generalization.

Periodic recordReliabilityarXiv2025

Solha Kang, Esla Timothy Anzaku, Wesley De Neve, Arnout Van Messem, Joris Vankerschaver, Francois Rameau, Utku Ozbulak

Mitigation Strategy

Application of Causal Inference techniques, data augmentation with varied distributions, and counterfactual robustness analysis.

Atomic Number

60

Su

Risk ID

nd-60

Severity

5/10

Severity Level

60
Reliability
nd-60
Su

Spurious

Spurious Correlation

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Reliability • #60

Spurious Correlation

Su
Severity Level5/10

Definition

Learning of superficial statistical correlations without real causal relationship (e.g., associating snow with wolves because they appear together in photos), failing in generalization.

Mitigation Strategy

Application of Causal Inference techniques, data augmentation with varied distributions, and counterfactual robustness analysis.

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