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Another difference is that Simpson's "paradox" involves all the subgroups that the full population is partitioned into, unlike Berkson's "paradox".
by kgwgk 6y ago
Another difference is that Simpson's "paradox" involves all the subgroups that the full population is partitioned into, unlike Berkson's "paradox".
- junippor 6y agoI like how you put paradox in quotes. I also annoys me when people call these things paradoxes. They're more properly called counter-intuitive phenomena. I wonder if there's a single-word name for that.
- kgwgk 6y agoparadox :-)
- junippor 6y agoSo I actually checked and... turns out you're right. According to Wikipedia, "paradox" can either mean "logically self-contradictory statement" or a "statement that runs contrary to one's expectation". I always thought that it meant the former only. These two concepts should really really have separate words.
- getlawgdon 6y agoYou "checked Wikipedia," is that it? You're done now?
- junippor 6y agoYou sound like you're trying to make a point. Make a point.