Editing Post hoc

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'''''Post hoc''''' (sometimes written as '''''post-hoc''''') is a Latin phrase, meaning "after this" or "after the event".

'''''Post hoc''''' may refer to:
*[[Post hoc analysis|''Post hoc'' analysis]] or ''post hoc'' test,  statistical analyses that were not specified before the data were seen
*[[Post hoc theorizing|''Post hoc'' theorizing]], generating hypotheses based on data already observed
*''[[Post hoc ergo propter hoc]]'' (after this, therefore because of this), a logical fallacy of causation
* [[Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc (The West Wing)|"Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" (''The West Wing'')]], an episode of the television series ''The West Wing''

==See also==
* [[Propter hoc (disambiguation)|''Propter hoc'' (disambiguation)]]
* [[A priori and a posteriori|''A priori'' and ''a posteriori'']], Latin phrases used in philosophy meaning "from earlier" and "from later"
*''[[Ex post]]'', Latin phrase meaning "after the event"
*''[[Ad hoc]]'', a solution designed for a specific problem or task, Latin meaning "for this"

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