Lise AndreasenJul 10, 2025
Is the #GenderEquality #paradox real?
A new look at old evidence suggests that the tendency for sex differences to get bigger when gender gaps close might be a case of " #SimpsonsParadox ".
https://robbrooks.substack.com/p/is-the-gender-equality-paradox-real?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true
Is the gender equality paradox real?

A new look at old evidence suggests that the tendency for sex differences to get bigger when gender gaps close might be a case of "Simpson's paradox".

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Andi Popp 🇺🇦🎗️Apr 10, 2024
Ich weiß nicht, wie oft ich in Statistikbüchern die "Ausländer sind krimineller als Inländer"-Hypothese als Beispiel für einen statistischen Fehlschluss (#Simpsonsparadox) gelesen habe. Aber das scheint konservative Politiker nie davon abzuhalten aus stark aggregierten Zahlen wie der #Kriminalstatistik genau diese fragwürdigen Schlüsse zu ziehen.
Show threadLabPlot (labplot.org)Aug 27, 2023

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If you are interested, please see also this thread on the importance of visualizing data (the Anscombe's quartet, Simpson's paradox are also included in @LabPlot):

https://mstdn.social/@onemoment/109692198312380103

#Anscombe #SimpsonsParadox #DatasaurusDozen #Visualization #DataViz

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Attached: 1 image The importance of visualizing data. Part 1. Anscombe's quartet comprises four data sets that have nearly identical simple descriptive statistics, yet have very different distributions and appear very different when graphed. The quartet is intended to counter the impression that "numerical calculations are exact, but graphs are rough." The example is available in @[email protected] via File > Open Example. #LabPlot #OpenSource #DataViz #Visualization #Statistics #DataAnalysis #AnscombesQuartet

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Show threadOnemomentJan 15, 2023

The importance of visualizing data. Part 3.

Simpson's paradox is a phenomenon in statistics in which a trend appears in several groups of data but disappears or reverses when the groups are combined.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox

The example is available in @LabPlot via File > Open Example.

#LabPlot #OpenSource #DataViz #Visualization #Statistics #DataAnalysis #SimpsonsParadox

Simpson's paradox - Wikipedia

Show threadElizabeth Wrigley-FieldNov 21, 2022
@tao Thanks for this example! Great mash-up of #SimpsonsParadox and #LengthBiasedSampling
Scott RobesonNov 18, 2022

Have you heard of Simpson's Paradox?

It occurs when the relationship between variables is vastly different when the population is divided into subgroups.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox

This happens in various contexts and, in replying to an e-mail yesterday, I realized that it also applies to data that are analyzed spatially or temporally or when those two are pooled. Kinda cool if you're into that sort of thing. 😉

#statistics #SimpsonsParadox

Simpson's paradox - Wikipedia