#conditional-probability

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Why Data Lies (and Your Model Might Too): The Curious Case of Simpson's Paradox | HackerNoon

The conditional probability P(Admit∣ Female, Dept) is higher than P(Admit∣ Male, Dept) in Department A, but that advantage gets wiped out when we aggregate everything.
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