There are, Mark Twain was famously fond of declaring, three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. It’s a succinct summation of something we’re all kind of aware of in our bones ...

The explanation involves a famous old statistical curveball called “Simpson’s paradox” — which isn’t really a paradox at all. It’s just a reminder of why you have to be careful with data.

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As detailed in The Atlantic, Ryan Rodenberg and his research partners analyzed 61,000 men's tennis matches since 1990 to examine the sport's Simpson's Paradox -- when the loser of a match wins ...

Why is this data misleading? Here’s a clue: it’s to do with a quirky statistical phenomenon called Simpsons Paradox. (Image: The Simpsons / TCFFC ...

What Simpson's paradox is and how to avoid it, in science as well as in marketing.

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