Causal traps of statistics

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Mon, 20/11/2023 - 00:47
Updated
Mon, 20/11/2023 - 00:47
. Statistical reasoning certainly seems paradoxical to most people. Take for example Simpson’s paradox. From a theoretical perspective, it importantly shows that causality can never be reduced to a question of statistics or probabilities unless you are — miraculously — able to keep constant all other factors that influence the probability of the outcome studied. […]