Comments on: Simpson’s Paradox In The Slush Pile

By: anilMenon

anilMenon — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:34:00 +0000

Hi Mohan: Thanks for the Taleb and Anscombe quartet links. Probability is endlessly fascinating. It's a puzzle to me why there's only one probability theory when there are multiple geometries and multiple algebras. For example, there's no obvious reason why conditional probability *has* be defined the way it is.

And glad u like the expository pieces. Hope u know u are only encouraging the illness.

By: KVM

KVM — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:45:39 +0000

Very nice post, glad to see you writing expository articles again. You're an absolute pro at that

Simpson's Paradox knocked me off when I read it a few months ago, too. That, combined with reading Taleb's “Fooled by Randomness” (which very nicely chronicles different kinds of fallacies associated with conditional probability, with high stakes at play to boot), totally changed my view of 'hard numbers'.

As a slightly academic extension to this post, you'll certainly like this: Anscombe's quartet

By: anilMenon

anilMenon — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:34:00 +0000

And glad u like the expository pieces. Hope u know u are only encouraging the illness.

By: riseandsinh

riseandsinh — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:45:39 +0000

Very nice post, glad to see you writing expository articles again. You're an absolute pro at that

As a slightly academic extension to this post, you'll certainly like this: Anscombe's quartet

By: anilMenon

anilMenon — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:28:31 +0000

Thanks Abha. It's an ubiquitous paradox. Most recently, it reared its head in data for SAT test score gains in minority groups: American Indians, Hispanics and Whites gained an average of 8 points; Puerto Ricans, 18 points; African Americans, 19 points; Asians, 27 points. Overall though, the national SAT averages have dropped a few points. The paradox is very familiar to statisticians but it deserves to be more widely known.

By: anilMenon

anilMenon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:37:52 +0000

Thanks, man.

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:03:40 +0000

Great take Anil. Loved the Logic.
Thnx for writing the article

Vaibhav

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Cheryl’s Mewsings » Blog Archive » A Storm of a Different Kind — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:15:51 +0000

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By: anilMenon

anilMenon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:06:49 +0000

Thanks, Vandana. Checking out your article…

By: Vandana Singh

Vandana Singh — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:52:19 +0000

Hello, Anil,
Great article. My response was too long so I've posted it on my site here: http://vandanasingh.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/raci… Hopefully it is coherent even after a long day of work and general exhaustion. Thanks,

Vandana