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Exactly what I thought. How this is even considered a paradox is a paradox to me. Human beings just have very strange presuppositions regarding probability and
by 77pt77 8y ago
Exactly what I thought. How this is even considered a paradox is a paradox to me.
Human beings just have very strange presuppositions regarding probability and statistics that are almost always wrong.
- kingo55 8y agoSimpson's paradox is a statistical phenomenon where you can measure one outcome in aggregate (e.g. total average pay by gender) and the opposite outcome when you segment (e.g average pay by gender AND job). Univariate analyses can hide lots of interesting things! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox
- klodolph 8y agoSimpson's paradox is easily my favorite paradox. Anyone interested in interpreting stats, even from a lay perspective, should familiarize themselves with it.
- oarabbus_ 8y agowhat is not paradoxical about it