How likely is Simpson's paradox?

American Statistician

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-233

  Pavlides, Marios G ^a   Perlman, Michael D ^b  

^a FREDERICK UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Bayes test; Dirichlet distribution; Multinomial distribution; Simpson reversal; Simpson's paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950675371     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/tast.2009.09007     Document Type: Article

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