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This is a great example of Simpson's Paradox Split across racial lines, AL has lower literacy than CA among each of Whites, Hispanics, and Blacks. But because
by lupire 4y ago
This is a great example of Simpson's Paradox
Split across racial lines, AL has lower literacy than CA among each of Whites, Hispanics, and Blacks.
But because the literacy rate among whites is higher than Hispanics and Blacks, and Alabama is much more White than CA, AL's overall literacy rate is higher.
- knaekhoved 4y agoAlabama is over 25% black, which doesn't do them any favors from a simpson's paradox perspective. CA is 40% hispanic, and hispanics fall in between whites and blacks on literacy, so I'd expect this to more or less come out in the wash.
- jprd 4y agooof. Own goal.