AN INTERACTIVE DATA EXPERIMENT01 / MIXSHIFT

A paradox you can move

Mixshift.

Both groups can prefer A, while the overall result prefers B. Move the traffic sliders and watch the average change its mind.

01 · Choose a setting

02 · Change the mix

Who gets the harder cases?

Each slider sets the share of easy cases within one option. Rates within each cohort stay fixed.

The remainder are hard cases.
The remainder are hard cases.
03 · Compare the evidence

Same rates. Different average.

Option AOption B

Synthetic teaching data, not a measurement or recommendation. Overall rates are weighted averages: easy share × easy rate + hard share × hard rate. Each option has its own adjustable cohort mix; this compares weighted rates rather than raw counts.