Simpson’s Paradox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgLUDw8eLB4
Video, YouTube
Simpson's Paradox is more than just a curiosity, it illustrates how important it is to interperet your data correctly. If you are not careful it is still possible to have good data and bad conclusions.
James Grime explains the paradox with an example.
3 September 2013 Edit: 25 February 2014
- Topics:
- Data, Data Analysis
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