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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… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Building and Connecting to Online Communities for Action: Young People, ICT and Everyday Politics
Young people are using information communication technologies (ICT) for new forms of political participation. At the same time… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Oligocene-Miocene middle crustal flow in southern Tibet: geochronology of Mabja Dome
Abstract New U-Pb zircon, monazite, 40Ar/39Ar, and apatite fission track ages provide constraints on the timing of formation and… 
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… 
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
Review
1994
Review
1994
Sampling strategies for estimating moth species diversity using a light trap in a Northeastern softwood forest.
A 22-watt black-light trap was operated for 29 nights within a forest canopy in the Maritime Lowlands Ecoregion of the Acadian… 
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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