Ep. 120 - The Reopening: Confounders, Colliders, and Simpson’s Paradox
May 26, 2020•43 min
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Max makes his case on the ineffectiveness of lockdowns. Concepts of the week include confounders and colliders, which are subjects in causality theory, and Simpon’s Paradox where correlations flip based on how the data is bucketed.
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