Refer to Exercise 3.10. Not all surgery cases, even of the same type, are equally serious. Large
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Refer to Exercise 3.10. Not all surgery cases, even of the same type, are equally serious. Large research hospitals tend to get the most serious surgery cases, whereas community hospitals tend to get more of the routine cases. Suppose that patients can be classified as being in either “Good” or
“Poor” condition and the outcomes of surgery are as shown in table below.
(a) Calculate the proportions that survive for each hospital and each condition.
(b) From these data, which hospital would you choose if you were in good condition? If you were in bad condition?
(c) Compare your answer with that to Exercise 3.10. Explain this reversal as an example of Simpson’s paradox and identify the lurking variable in Exercise 3.10.
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