Simpson’s Paradox: Examples

Simpson’s paradox is very prevalent in many areas. It characterizes the inconsistency between the conditional and marginal interpretations of the data. In this paper, we illustrate through some examples how the Simpson’s paradox can happen in continuous, categorical, and time-to-event data.

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Autores principales: WANG, Bokai, WU, Pan, KWAN, Brian, TU, Xin M., FENG, Changyong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing 2018
Materias:
Biostatistics in Psychiatry (44)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29736137
http://dx.doi.org/10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.218026
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spelling pubmed-59360432018-05-07 Simpson’s Paradox: Examples WANG, Bokai WU, Pan KWAN, Brian TU, Xin M. FENG, Changyong Shanghai Arch Psychiatry Biostatistics in Psychiatry (44) Simpson’s paradox is very prevalent in many areas. It characterizes the inconsistency between the conditional and marginal interpretations of the data. In this paper, we illustrate through some examples how the Simpson’s paradox can happen in continuous, categorical, and time-to-event data. Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing 2018-04-25 2018-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5936043/ /pubmed/29736137 http://dx.doi.org/10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.218026 Text en © Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936043/
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