Shanshan Chen | Associate Professor of Biostatistics
Lies with Statistics and “Numbers”
- How do “dark” numbers prevail?
- Do aggregated votes from individuals reflect the preference of the majority? Condorcet’s Praradox
- The Prosecutor’s fallacy
- Slippery slpoe fallacy and conjunction fallacy
Interesting Mathematical and Statistical Paradoxes
- Is a player’s average the best predictor for their seasonal score? Stein’s Paradox
- Do conclusions based on group averages generalize to indivudals? Simpson’s Paradox & Ecological Fallacy
- Lord’s Paradox
- How does selection bias affect your understanding of your data? Berkson’s Paradox
Others