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Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading
How a statistical phenomenon can make data misleading.
Vaccines are the best way to stop deaths and serious cases related to covid19, this is an irrefutable fact. However, recent ONS data seems to show that vaccinated people had a higher all cause death rate than unvaccinated people. Why is this data misleading? Here’s a clue: it’s to do with a quirky statistical phenomenon called Simpsons Paradox.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics around us.
