Answer by ddiez for How to resolve Simpson's paradox?
This nice article by Judea Pearl published in 2013 deals exactly with the problem of which option to choose when confronted with Simpson's paradox:Understanding Simpson's paradox (PDF)
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In your question, you state that you don't know what "causal Bayesian networks" and "back door tests" are.Suppose you have a causal Bayesian network. That is, a directed acyclic graph whose nodes...
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One important "take away" is that if treatment assignments are disproportionate between subgroups, one must take subgroups into account when analyzing the data.A second important "take away" is that...
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I have a prior answer that discusses Simpson's paradox here: Basic Simpson's paradox. It may help you to read that to better understand the phenomenon. In short, Simpson's paradox occurs because of...
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Do you want the solution to the one example or the paradox in general? There is none for the latter because the paradox can arise for more than one reason and needs to be assessed on a case by case...
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How to resolve Simpson's paradox?
Simpson's paradox is a classic puzzle discussed in introductory statistics courses worldwide. However, my course was content to simply note that a problem existed and did not provide a solution. I...
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