Simpson’s paradox happens when behaviour at the group level is different from the behaviour of its subgroups. For example, consider a mobile app with 10,000 Android users and 5,000 on iOS. If we make the assumption that all users spend equally, then it may make more sense to prioritize development

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Jake Flomenberg, Venture Capitalist at Accel Partners has over a decade of experience building innovative software products. Jake focuses on early stage investments in next generation infrastructure and data-driven services . He is part of the team responsible for Accel’s Big Data Fund. Prior to Accel, Jake  has worked at Cloudera and Splunk where he was

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