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False Surrogate Endpoint

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Summary

A common human trait that causes an extraordinary amount of work to be expended on things that ultimately have little value. Briefly, a surrogate endpoint is a stand-in for something that has value, often determined by association. A False Surrogate Endpoint is one that motivates people to action, and yet does not cause the quality of the worker’s action to positively affect the actual endpoint.

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[CUN’10]