The Lack of Consistency for Statistical Decision Procedures
Simpson's paradox exhibits seemingly deviant behavior where the data generated in independent experiments support a common decision, but the aggregated data support a different outcome. It is shown that this kind of inconsistent behavior occurs with many, if not most, statistical decision proce...
Veröffentlicht in: | The American Statistician. - American Statistical Association, 1947. - 45(1991), 3, Seite 252-255 |
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Sprache: | English |
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1991
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The American Statistician |
Schlagworte: | Bayesian Decision Theory Kruskal-Wallis Test Simpson's Paradox Philosophy Behavioral sciences Mathematics Information science |