The probability of Simpson conversion in four-dimensional binary tables

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Let pijkℓp_{ijk\ell} be entries of a 2×2×2×22\times2\times2\times2 table sampled uniformly from the probability simplex, with i,j,k,ℓ∈{0,1}i,j,k,\ell\in\{0,1\} and pijkℓ≥0p_{ijk\ell}\geq0. Consider the two 2×2×22\times2\times2 subtables obtained by fixing ℓ=0\ell=0 and ℓ=1\ell=1, and their sum over ℓ\ell. A Simpson conversion occurs when the two subtables induce the same triangulation of the cube, while their sum induces a different triangulation. The probability conjecture. The probability that a Simpson conversion occurs in this context is 1/4501/450. This is based on computational sampling and is presented as a conjecture about the frequency of Simpson conversions in 2×2×2×22\times2\times2\times2 contingency tables; the corresponding two-dimensional probability is known to be 1/601/60.

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Svante Linusson and Matthew T. Stamps, “Association and Simpson conversion in 2 2 2 contingency tables”, arXiv:1809.04633 (2021).

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