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Simpson's Paradox, Lord's Paradox, and Suppression Effects are the same phenomenon – the reversal paradox

This article discusses three statistical paradoxes that pervade epidemiological research: Simpson's paradox, Lord's paradox, and suppression. These paradoxes have important implications for the interpretation of evidence from observational studies. This article uses hypothetical scenarios...

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Autores principales: Tu, Yu-Kang, Gunnell, David, Gilthorpe, Mark S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2254615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18211676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-7622-5-2