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Statistics

the puzzle that change-score analysis and covariance adjustment can give opposite conclusions about group differences from the same data.

In statistics, Lord's paradox refers to the puzzle that change-score analysis and covariance adjustment can give opposite conclusions about group differences from the same data. This meaning comes from Lord (1967) in Psychological Bulletin.[1]

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References

Lord, F. M. (1967). A paradox in the interpretation of group comparisons. Psychological Bulletin, 68(5), 304-305. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0025105

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