If you are interested, please see also this thread on the importance of visualizing data (the Anscombe's quartet, Simpson's paradox are also included in @LabPlot):
https://mstdn.social/@onemoment/109692198312380103
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The importance of visualizing data. Part 3.
Simpson's paradox is a phenomenon in statistics in which a trend appears in several groups of data but disappears or reverses when the groups are combined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox
The example is available in @LabPlot via File > Open Example.
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@tao Thanks for this example! Great mash-up of #SimpsonsParadox and #LengthBiasedSampling
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Have you heard of Simpson's Paradox?
It occurs when the relationship between variables is vastly different when the population is divided into subgroups.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox
This happens in various contexts and, in replying to an e-mail yesterday, I realized that it also applies to data that are analyzed spatially or temporally or when those two are pooled. Kinda cool if you're into that sort of thing. 😉