Stability of Dependencies of Contingent Subgroups with Merged Groups: Vaccination Case Study

Tomas Macak
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Tomas Macak: Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic

Mathematics, 2021, vol. 9, issue 22, 1-12

Abstract: The answers to extreme phenomena both in nature and in business sectors are the constructions of the distribution of random variables with extreme values. Another area in which appropriate theoretical research is conducted regarding the influence of suppressor (third) variables in categorical data. When examining dependencies in PivotTables, we often find it necessary to merge data into larger sets (e.g., due to a greater number of theoretical frequencies lower than their critical value). A phenomenon many exist wherein the partial relation is stronger than the zero relation. For example, in such a combination, instability may occur, which indicates contingent subgroups with the merged group. The dependence of dependencies is practically manifested because the data of contingent subgroups indicate inconsistent (inverted) conclusions compared to the associated group. For this reason, this paper aimed to find the critical ratios of partial probabilities in the contingency table of subgroups of the original variables, and to determine the conditions of result consistency and contingency stability, including the proof. For practical use and for the ease of repeating the proposed procedure, the solution is based on a case study that compares the effectiveness of vaccination.

Keywords: partial probability; suppressive variable; contingency; causality; consistency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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