Eli5: What is the Simpson’s paradox in statistics?

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Can someone explain its significance and maybe a simple example as well?

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https://math.stackexchange.com/a/2216520

[More examples of Simpson’s Paradox, barring the ones on Wikipedia, Titanic, and delayed flights.](https://math.stackexchange.com/q/83756)

https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/simpsons-paradox?tab=Frequent has a tag for Simpson’s paradox.

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