humpolec comments on Simpson's Paradox - Less Wrong

68 Post author: bentarm 12 January 2011 11:01PM

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Comment author: humpolec 13 January 2011 10:14:35AM 2 points [-]

Something is wrong with the numbers here:

The probability that a randomly chosen man surived given that they were given treatment A is 40/100 = 0.2

Comment author: Vaniver 13 January 2011 11:33:04AM 0 points [-]

Check the chart- the 40 is a typo. It should be 20/100=0.2

Comment author: humpolec 13 January 2011 11:41:21AM 0 points [-]

Oh, right. Somehow I was expecting it to be 40 and 0.4. Now it makes sense.

Comment author: bentarm 14 January 2011 12:46:26AM 0 points [-]

thanks for pointing this out. Fixed.