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Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading

Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Nov 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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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Released:
Nov 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4