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Examples of Simpson’s Paradox (English)
2026-10-21Author:Bokai WANG;Pan WU;Brian KWAN;Xin M.TU;Changyong FENG;2 reads
English summary of a Chinese-language article · machine translated
Overview: The Simpson Paradox is a phenomenon that occurs in many fields. It involves inconsistencies between the conditional nature of data and the need for marginal explanations. In this article, we use several examples to illustrate how the Simpson Paradox arises in continuous, categorical, and time-event data.