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Re:Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year by josephcsible on Monday July 06, 2020 @03:12PM (#23751578)
Isn't Simpson's Paradox when something is true of both parts but not of the whole? Wouldn't that make it not apply if the death rate is falling in the Northeast but not in the South?
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Re:Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year by nostromo on Monday July 06, 2020 @03:16PM (#23751630)
Correct, this isn't Simpson's Paradox.
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