Simpson-Yule Paradox

The Simpson-Yule paradox, more often just known as Simpson's Paradox, says that merging observations from different subgroups may reverse patterns exhibited in the subgroups.

A graphical illustration of the paradox is illustrated in the following picture. Is the regression slope positive or negative?

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