Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Bioinformatics VII ...
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Explaining Away<br />
• S and R are the two causes competing to explain<br />
the observed data.<br />
• So if w is not observed, S and R are marginally<br />
independent.<br />
• If w is observed, S and R become conditionally<br />
dependent. P(S=1|W=1, R=1) = 0.1945 <<br />
P(S=1|W=1)<br />
• This is called “explaining away”. In statistics, it is<br />
known as Berkson’s paradox, or “selection bias”.