Monotone Regrouping, Regression, and Simpson’s Paradox

We show in a general setup that if data Y are grouped by a covariate X in a certain way, then under a condition of monotone regression of Y on X, a Simpson’s type paradox is natural rather than surprising. This model was motivated by an observation on recent SAT data which are presented.

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Year of publication:	2002-12
Authors:	Rinott, Yosef ; Tam, Michael
Institutions:	Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in The American Statistician, 2003, vol. 57, pp. 139-141. 7 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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