What is an example of "Simpson's paradox"?

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What is an example of "Simpson's paradox"?

2007-12-06 12:35:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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There is quite a simple and easily understood example involving the batting averages of 2 baseball players at this website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox

2007-12-06 12:53:24 · answer #1 · answered by Joe L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

See the link. Go down to batting averages. Justice has a higher batting average than Jeter in each of 2 years, but when the data for the 2 years are combined, Jeter has the higher average.

2007-12-06 12:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

batting averages.

check out the example at the wikipedia page, great example.

2007-12-06 12:39:00 · answer #3 · answered by Will P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋