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(Crj 303) Spurious Correlation Generators
oth websites are spurious correlation generators; some of these are quite funny (i.e., people who drowned after falling out of a fishing boat and marriage rates in Kentucky (r = 0.95); anything involving Nicholas Cage). Pick out two correlations (if you use
(Links to an external site.)
, you can generate your own two correlations). Be sure to write down the variables in each of your correlations.
After you’ve pick your two correlations, answer the following questions:
- Why are these two variables related?
- Why is the relationship spurious?
- http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (Links to an external site.)
http://tylervigen.com/discover