Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 4 - Section 4.4 - Assess Your Understanding - Vocabulary and Skill Building - Page 242: 4

Answer

The idea behind the Simpson’s paradox is that when qualitative data that are grouped together are equated, the results may be false by disaggregation.

Work Step by Step

Two quantitative variables can be correlated due to a lurking variable even if they are distinct. The relation between two categorical variables can be discussed by the same phenomenon, which is known as Simpson’s paradox.
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