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How Likely Is Simpson’s Paradox?

Marios G. Pavlides Marios G. Pavlides is Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics, Frederick University Cyprus, Box 24729, 1303 Nicosia, Cyprus . Michael D. Perlman is Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Box 354322, Seattle, WA 98195 . We warmly thank Fred Bookstein, Peter Hoff, Thomas Richardson, Jon Wakefield, Jon Wellner, the Editor, Associate Editor, and an anonymous referee for many valuable comments. We are especially grateful to Petros Hadjicostas for generously contributing the results in Section 5.
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Michael D. Perlman Marios G. Pavlides is Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics, Frederick University Cyprus, Box 24729, 1303 Nicosia, Cyprus . Michael D. Perlman is Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Box 354322, Seattle, WA 98195 . We warmly thank Fred Bookstein, Peter Hoff, Thomas Richardson, Jon Wakefield, Jon Wellner, the Editor, Associate Editor, and an anonymous referee for many valuable comments. We are especially grateful to Petros Hadjicostas for generously contributing the results in Section 5.
Pages 226-233 | Received 01 Jan 2009, Published online: 01 Jan 2012

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