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kevin_thibedeau
1594 days ago
Such datasets have been demonstrated to exhibit Simpson's Paradox.
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anonydsfsfs
1594 days ago
Correct. The first example on the Wikipedia page is a gender bias study that appears to show a bias against women in college admissions, but there was actually a bias
in favor
of women:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox#UC_Berkele...
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