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An example of Simpson's Paradox[0] (N.B. not really a paradox). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_par
by crntaylor 13y ago
An example of Simpson's Paradox[0] (N.B. not really a paradox).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoThanks for linking to that. The interesting thing about that paradox is that it makes be doubt the wage gap even more because it is generally given as the most general "women on average". Knowing that the entire sample set could have the opposite leader than the individuals groups of samples, it is entirely possible that a lot of job type have a fairly balanced pay structure (and some jobs even in favor of women) but when lumped all together there is a gap in favor of men.