KnowraRegression toward the meanLinked fromLinked fromThe 12 pages that link to Regression toward the mean, each with the reason it gives.All 12Broader topic 1Related 5Compared with 6Placebo effectCompared with: Much 'placebo improvement' in trials is this artifact, per critics of the effect.Law of large numbersCompared with: It concerns changes after extreme observations, not convergence of averages across growing samples.Simpson's paradoxCompared with: It explains changes in observed values over time, not reversals caused by aggregation.Gambler’s fallacyCompared with: Unlike the fallacy, regression concerns repeated measurements with shared causes, not independent events correcting themselves.Flynn effectCompared with: It explains some changes across repeated measurements, but not persistent cohort gains across whole populations.27 ClubCompared with: A perceived run of deaths at one age need not continue or signal a stable risk.