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Simpson's Paradox in Real Life
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wagner, C. H.
- Venue
- The American Statistician
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1982-02
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 46-48
- ISSN
- 0003-1305 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-2731
- OpenAlex
- W1971790785
- Cited by
- 385
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 4.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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