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This is not the same thing as the Simpson's paradox. Specifically, as stated in wiki, you need to show a grouping (that is classically anti-causally related) with one correlation, but overall, upon combining the data, the correlation is reversed.

This does not happen in your example. But you do hint at something similar, i.e., the weights assigned are different to different groups and that is necessary for the Paradox to occur.




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