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Simpson's Paradox and Correlation

  • Paik M
The American Statistician (1985) 39(1) 53-54
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A simple graphic representation is given to illustrate the relationship between two variables in the presence of a possibly confounding variable. The graph makes it easy to understand Simpson's paradox by using the concept of correlation.

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Paik, M. (1985). Simpson’s Paradox and Correlation. The American Statistician, 39(1), 53–54.

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