Simpsons Paradox

Simpsons paradox is that a trend can appear in groups of data, but disappear when these groups are combined. This effect can easily be exploited by limiting a data set show it shows exactly what one wants it to show. So let's say you run a business and the only thing you care about is views. If you plotted your YouTube videos on y-axis, you might see something like if you consider each group of videos as an each topic independently, you'll probably see some kind of downward sloping chart. But within each topic, if you see what's going on, you know, you're actually getting better, like you're getting more views. And we should have it out on