In article <52jo6.114$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Milo Schield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>But what does this (in)dependence really mean?
>Can it change on conditioning?
.............
>This seems related to Simpson's paradox.
>In any event, it seems that independence can be conditional.
>Is this so? If so, where is this discussed in more detail?
Why does it have to be discussed in more detail? Conditional
probability is probability.
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