Clin {evidence}

Made-up data to illustrate Simpson's paradox.

Description

These made-up data illustrate the discrete form (contingency table form) of Simpson's paradox.

Usage

data(Clin)

Format

A three-dimensional array of frequencies with:

rows indicating "outcome" (either "death" or "cured"),

columns indicating "male" (either "Yes" or "No"), and

layers indicating "clinic" (either "A" or "B").

Source

van Hulst, R. 2018. Evaluating Scientific Evidence. ms.

Examples

data(Clin)
Clin[1,,]
prop.table(Clin[1,,], 2)