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The simpson’s paradox has multiple diffrent statistics and when groups of the stats are combined will disappear or reverse when the groups get put together. this may happen due to a lurking variable. A hidden varaible that isn’t studied on its own but causes issues and will give you mis leading results. a case from 1973 the study from the University of California. when you first look at the stat sheet is says men have a higher admission rate compared to women

The table given is a table showing how many men and women there are and how many were rejected and admitted and there totals. This can make it easier to see how the paradox worse and can also help compare between men and women. it is seperated by department though which shows women have a normally equal rate with diffrent departments and we can tie the paradox to this table because the department choices may dictate the results of men and women.

The data showed in which more women were admitted at a lower rate but when the data was studied and broken down it was seen that women had a higher rate in the single department. Paradox appeared because women applied to more competitive departments which made the overall rate lower and showed a bias toward women and the group data showed diffrent results

“Simpson’s Paradox.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Sept. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox.