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by rwilson4
2671 days ago
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It’s a paradox because many people find it counterintuitive. It’s the mathematical statement of why correlation does not imply causation. The existence of a confounding variable correlated both with the purported cause (eg gender) and the purported effect (school admissions) can lead to reversals in observed association when grouped or broken out. Thus it is challenging to draw causal conclusions from observational data. |
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