Bibliography
and Web Resources
Materials/Resources:
The Case
Statistical Problems (Individual Work)
Group Discussion Problem
Discussion Questions
A good paper for students that discusses the second case can be
found at http://www.math.tulane.edu/~polofsson/LAGNIAPPE/simpson.pdf
Bibliography:
Bickel,
P. J., Hammel, E. A., and O'Connell, J. W., 1975, “Sex Bias
in Graduate
Admissions: Data From Berkeley”, Science 187: 398-404.
This is the original article contains the data that is presented
in its original and a simplified form below as part of the second
case.
Cohen,
M.R. and E. Nagel (1934). An Introduction to Logic and Scientific
Method. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co.
Malinas,
G. and J. Bigelow (2004). “Simpson’s Paradox.”
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paradox-simpson/.
In this article the main emphasis, if the only emphasis at
all, should be placed on sections 1.1-1.3. The remainder of the
article focuses on the philosophical significance of Simpson’s
Paradox, which is inessential to the cases.
Source should be sufficient to familiarize yourself with the statistical
problem known as Simpson’s Paradox. The sections suggested
above could be extracted from the larger piece and distributed
to students, especially the portion involving the fractional expression
of the reversal of inequalities.
Simpson,
E.H. (1951). “The Interpretation of Interaction in Contingency
Tables.”
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B 13: 238-41.
Stanford
Encylopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paradox-simpson/
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