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 ...

This phenomenon, where comparing averages of separate portions of some data contradicts an overall comparison, is known as Simpson's paradox. The possibility of it occurring was first recognised ...

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 ...