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English: An example of Berkson's paradox by CMG Lee. In figure 1, assume that there is talent and attractiveness are uncorrelated in the population. In figure 2, someone sampling the population using celebrities may wrongly infer that there talent is negatively correlated with attractiveness, as people who are neither talented nor attractive do not become celebrities.
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