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Simpson's paradox

Known as: Simpson’s Paradox, Simpson paradox, Amalgamation paradox 
Simpson's paradox, or the Yule–Simpson effect, is a paradox in probability and statistics, in which a trend appears in different groups of data but… 
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Bayesian networkCorrelation does not imply causationFallacy of divisionModifiable areal unit problem

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Causal inference

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2013
2013
Analysis of mRNA Expression by Real-time PCR
  • S. BustinT. Nolan
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction: Theory and Technology
  • 2013
  • Corpus ID: 6037140
The last few years have witnessed the transformation of the real-time, fluorescence-based reverse transcription polymerase chain… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Metazooplankton dynamics in the Salton Sea, California, 1997–1999
The dynamics of metazooplankton populations were studied over 3 years at the saline (43 g l−1) Salton Sea, California's largest… 
1998
1998
Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood's (Creative) Accounting Practices
Movie Money unravels, demystifies, and clearly explains the film industry's unique, arcane, "creative" accounting practices. It… 
1998
1998
Salinity and fish effects on Salton Sea microecosystems: water chemistry and nutrient cycling
A 15 month long experiment was undertaken to document responses of the Salton Sea biota to experimentally manipulated salinity… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Scattering-angle resolved product rotational alignment for the reaction of Cl with vibrationally excited methane
We have applied the experimental technique of core extraction [W. R. Simpson et al., J. Chem. Phys. 103, 7299 (1995)] combined… 
1996
1996
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS Observations of galactic cosmic rays and the anomalous helium
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 15156991
1987
1987
Endophytic algae of Irish moss (Chondrus crispus Stackh.)
The red alga Chondrus crispus Stackh., Irish moss, occurs in Europe from northern Norway south to North Africa. In the western… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
An experimental study of multi-sensory teaching with normal and retarded readers
It is now well established that there are a number of children who, despite adequate general intelligence, experience inordinate… 
1983
1983
Simpsons Reversal Paradox and Cost Allocation
Allocation of indirect costs among products sometimes yields a paradoxical result that unit cost for each product may increase… 
1981
1981
Evidence for excess pore pressures in southwest Indian Ocean sediments
Brown clay cores from the Madagascar and Crozet basins show the following evidence of excess pore pressures: large amounts of… 
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