Card 05
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Drug A cures 80% of patients. Drug B cures 70% of patients. Which drug is better?
💭 How to Think About This
It seems obvious (80 > 70). But data can contain hidden "sub-groups" that distort the total average. This is the most dangerous paradox in statistics.
Choose the best drug:
🤔 Which thinking lens(es) did you use?
Select all the lenses you used:
👨👩👧 For Parents & Teachers
🌱 Everyday Paradoxes
Parent: "School A has higher test scores than School B. It must be better."
Teacher: "Actually, School B accepts students with lower starting grades and improves them
more than School A. School B is the better teacher, but School A has easier
students."
(This is Simpson's Paradox in education.)