veridical paradox

(noun)

a situation in which a result appears absurd but is demonstrated to be true nevertheless

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Examples of veridical paradox in the following topics:

  • The Paradox of the Chevalier De Méré

    • Another one of his problems has come to be called "De Méré's Paradox," and it is explained below.
    • This is a veridical paradox.

  • Sex Bias in Graduate Admissions

    • In this particular case, we can see an occurrence of Simpson's Paradox .
    • Simpson's Paradox is a paradox in which a trend that appears in different groups of data disappears when these groups are combined, and the reverse trend appears for the aggregate data.
    • An illustration of Simpson's Paradox.
    • For a full explanation of the figure, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox#Description
    • Illustrate how the phenomenon of confounding can be seen in practice via Simpson's Paradox.

  • Ecological Fallacy

    • A striking ecological fallacy is Simpson's paradox, diagramed in .
    • Simpson's paradox refers to the fact, when comparing two populations divided in groups of different sizes, the average of some variable in the first population can be higher in every group and yet lower in the total population.
    • Simpson's paradox for continuous data: a positive trend appears for two separate groups (blue and red), a negative trend (black, dashed) appears when the data are combined.

  • Continuous Probability Distributions

    • This apparent paradox is resolved given that the probability that $X$ attains some value within an infinite set, such as an interval, cannot be found by naively adding the probabilities for individual values.

  • Remarks on the Concept of “Probability”

    • Yet (paradoxically) the very idea of probability has been plagued by controversy from the beginning of the subject to the present day.

  • Regression Toward the Mean: Estimation and Prediction

    • In statistics, regression toward (or to) the mean is the phenomenon that if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on its second measurement—and, paradoxically, if it is extreme on its second measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on its first.

  • All Pairwise Comparisons Among Means

    • It is not unusual to obtain results that on the surface appear paradoxical.