Treatment B c Now consider the summary data for the women

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Treatment B c Now consider the summary data for the women who participated in the study Treatment A Treatment B Total 1 Find P S ii Find P SIA iii Find P SIB Survived 94 228 322 Died 6 32 38 iv Which treatment appears to be better O Treatment A O Treatment B Total 100 260 d You should have noticed from parts b and c that for both men and women Treatment A appears to be better But in part a when the data for Treatment B is better This is an example of what is called Simpson s paradox Write a brief explanation of why this apparent inconsistency occurs fo respond similarly to the two treatments The results are distorted in favor of Treatment A as women respond to both treatments better than men but Treatment A was given to far mo The results are distorted in favor of Treatment B as women respond to both treatments better than men but Treatment B was given to far mor The results are distorted in favor of Treatment B as women respond to these treatments better than men but Treatment A was given to far mo