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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 5
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How Much Do Minority Lives Matter?
Witmer, Jeff
Journal of Statistics Education, v23 n2 2015
There are many well-known data sets that can be used to illustrate Simpson's Paradox. The Stand Your Ground data presented here shows Simpson's Paradox. In these data, race plays the key role--and not in the way that some students expect.
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Minority Groups, Racial Factors, Statistical Data, Probability, Research Problems, Trend Analysis, Victims of Crime, Regression (Statistics), Racial Bias, Racial Differences, Justice
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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