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Simpson鈥檚 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鈥檚 a clue: it鈥檚 to do with a quirky statistical phenomenon called Simpsons Paradox.

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Mon 29 Nov 2021 10:50GMT

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  • Sun 28 Nov 2021 14:50GMT
  • Sun 28 Nov 2021 23:50GMT
  • Mon 29 Nov 2021 03:50GMT
  • Mon 29 Nov 2021 10:50GMT

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