Simpson’s Paradox

YouTube Links

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYrzzy3cq8 (TED)
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj2QV7cfUfQ (SkipMBA)

Example 1

Drug A Drug B
Day 1 70% 80%
Day 2 40% 50%

Which is a better drug?

Drug A Drug B
Day 1 63/90 8/10
Day 2 4/10 45/90

Example 2
Good Teacher/Bad Teacher

Year 1: Good Teacher

DBS NS
Number of students 10 90
Average Marks 80 90

Overall Average = 89

Year 2: Bad Teacher

DBS NS
Number of students 50 50
Average Marks 81 91

Overall Average = 86