The role of causal reasoning in understanding Simpson's paradox, Lord's paradox, and the suppression effect: covariate selection in the analysis of observational studies
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Tu <it>et al </it>present an analysis of the equivalence of three paradoxes, namely, Simpson's, Lord's, and the suppression phenomena. They conclude that all three simply reiterate the occurrence of a change in the association of any two var...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-02-01
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| Series: | Emerging Themes in Epidemiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.ete-online.com/content/5/1/5 |