Response to: Simpson’s Paradox is suppression, but Lord’s Paradox is neither: clarification of and correction to Tu, Gunnell, and Gilthorpe (2008) by Nickerson CA & Brown NJL (https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-7622-5-2)
Abstract We commend Nickerson and Brown on their insightful exposition of the mathematical algebra behind Simpson’s paradox, suppression and Lord’s paradox; we also acknowledge there can be differences in how Lord’s paradox is approached analytically, compared to Simpson’s paradox and suppression, t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Emerging Themes in Epidemiology |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-020-00089-7 |