# Woozle Effect | ![img \|150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Winnie-the-Pooh_51.png/320px-Winnie-the-Pooh_51.png) | The **Woozle Effect**, also known as evidence by citation, occurs when a source is widely cited for a claim it does not adequately support, giving said claim undeserved credibility. If results are not replicated and no one notices that a key claim was never well-supported in its original publication, faulty assumptions may affect further research. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Woozle effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woozle_effect) | > [!summary]- Wikipedia Synopsis > The **Woozle Effect**, also known as evidence by citation, occurs when a source is widely cited for a claim it does not adequately support, giving said claim undeserved credibility. If results are not replicated and no one notices that a key claim was never well-supported in its original publication, faulty assumptions may affect further research. > > The Woozle effect is somewhat similar to circular reporting in journalism, where someone makes a questionable claim, a journalist unthinkingly accepts it and republishes it not realizing its dubious and unreliable origins, and other journalists and the public continue to repeat and duplicate the unsupported claim.