The logic of Simpson's paradox

DOI10.1007/s11229-010-9797-0zbMath1235.03008OpenAlexW2118590195MaRDI QIDQ411576

Davin Nelson, Jesse Berwald, Prasanta S. Bandyoapdhyay, Gordon Brittan, M. C. Greenwood

Publication date: 5 April 2012

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9797-0

zbMATH Keywords

Simpson's paradoxconfoundingcollapsiblity principlewhat to do questions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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