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stat.ME2016
Revisiting Simpson's Paradox: a statistical misspecification perspective
Aris Spanos
The primary objective of this paper is to revisit Simpson's paradox using a statistical misspecification perspective. It is argued that the reversal of statistical associations is…
stat.ME2013★ 2 cited
Revisiting the Neyman-Scott model: an Inconsistent MLE or an Ill-defined Model?
Aris Spanos
The Neyman and Scott (1948) model is widely used to demonstrate a serious weakness of the Maximum Likelihood (ML) method: it can give rise to inconsistent estimators. The primary o…
stat.ME2013
The Two Envelope Problem: a Paradox or Fallacious Reasoning?
Aris Spanos
The primary objective of this note is to revisit the two envelope problem and propose a simple resolution. It is argued that the paradox arises from the ambiguity associated with t…