Positive association among three binary variables and cross-product ratios

Biometrika

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 999-1005

  Fienberg, Stephen E ^a   Kim, Sung Ho ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conditional probability; Discriminating ability; Prediction robustness; Yule Simpson paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549051362     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asm075     Document Type: Article

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