Simpson's Paradox in Clinical Research: A Cautionary Tale

J Clin Med. 2023 Feb 18;12(4):1633. doi: 10.3390/jcm12041633.

Authors

Stefanos Bonovas^{1

2}, Daniele Piovani^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20072 Milan, Italy.
² IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy.

Abstract

The word paradox comes from the Greek paradoxon, meaning something that was contrary to, or contradicted, common sense [...].

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.