Will Rogers phenomenon
The Will Rogers phenomenon is the apparent paradox obtained when moving an element from one set to another set raises the average values of both sets.
Reference
- Feinstein AR, Sosin DM, Wells CK. The Will Rogers phenomenon. Stage migration and new diagnostic techniques as a source of misleading statistics for survival in cancer. N Engl J Med 1985;312:1604-8. Fulltext. PMID 4000199.
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Numerical example |
| ► | Stage migration |
| ► | Reference |
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