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Isn't this a matter of distribution. Like the amount of republican richer people might be small and so doesn't impact the metric for more educated people are mo
by didibus 3y ago
Isn't this a matter of distribution. Like the amount of republican richer people might be small and so doesn't impact the metric for more educated people are more democrat, even though more richer people are educated.
Since every graph is just a ratio of itself?
Though I'm not sure how to properly visualize all that.
- karmakaze 3y agoYes, e.g. |less rich|more rich| less educated | 25 | 2 | democrat (60) | 25 | 8 | republican --------------+---------+---------+----------- more educated | 15 | 8 | democrat (40) | 10 | 7 | republican --------------+---------+---------+----------- | 75 | 25 | 1. More educated people (40) are more often Democrats (23). 2. Richer people (25) are more often Republicans (15). 3. Richer people (25) tend to be more educated (15).
- hughesjj 3y agoYup, classic Simpsons paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox