COVID-19, the Yule-Simpson paradox and research evaluation

The Yule-Simpson paradox refers to the fact that outcomes of comparisons between groups are reversed when groups are combined. Using Essential Sciences Indicators, a part of InCites (Clarivate), data for countries, it is shown that although the Yule-Simpson phenomenon in citation analysis and resear...

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Autores principales: Wang, Zhiqi, Rousseau, Ronald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7867858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33583976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03830-w
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description The Yule-Simpson paradox refers to the fact that outcomes of comparisons between groups are reversed when groups are combined. Using Essential Sciences Indicators, a part of InCites (Clarivate), data for countries, it is shown that although the Yule-Simpson phenomenon in citation analysis and research evaluation is not common, it isn’t extremely rare either. The Yule-Simpson paradox is a phenomenon one should be aware of, otherwise one may encounter unforeseen surprises in scientometric studies.
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spelling pubmed-78678582021-02-09 COVID-19, the Yule-Simpson paradox and research evaluation Wang, Zhiqi Rousseau, Ronald Scientometrics Article The Yule-Simpson paradox refers to the fact that outcomes of comparisons between groups are reversed when groups are combined. Using Essential Sciences Indicators, a part of InCites (Clarivate), data for countries, it is shown that although the Yule-Simpson phenomenon in citation analysis and research evaluation is not common, it isn’t extremely rare either. The Yule-Simpson paradox is a phenomenon one should be aware of, otherwise one may encounter unforeseen surprises in scientometric studies. Springer International Publishing 2021-02-07 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7867858/ /pubmed/33583976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03830-w Text en © Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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