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Berkson’s Paradox

March 19, 2020March 20, 2020 ~ cafebedouin

"My go to example of this (I don't actually know if it's true, but it's a nice illustration) is that professional tennis players tend to be either tall or fast - tall tennis players tend to be slower, fast tennis players tend to be shorter.You could come up with some complicated biological explanation about why … Continue reading Berkson’s Paradox

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