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Simpson's paradox in Covid-19 case fatality rates: a mediation analysis of age-related causal effects |
Abstract | ||
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We point out an instantiation of Simpson's paradox in COVID-19 case fatality rates (cfrs): comparing a large-scale study from China (February 17) with early reports from Italy (March 9), we find that cfrs are lower in Italy for every age group, but higher overall. This phenomenon is explained by a stark difference in case demographic between the two countries. Using this as a motivating example, w... |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2021 | 10.1109/TAI.2021.3073088 | IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
COVID-19,Pandemics,Mediation,Data models,Senior citizens,Intelligent systems,Cognition | Journal | 2 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
1 | 2691-4581 | 1 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.41 | 0 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Julius von Kugelgen | 1 | 1 | 4.13 |
Luigi Gresele | 2 | 1 | 2.44 |
Bernhard Schölkopf | 3 | 23120 | 3091.82 |