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Friday Fun: Correlation

Posted on March 6, 2009 by John Hunter
Correlation doesn't imply causation

From the excellent xkcd comic.

Related: Correlation is Not Causation – Does the Data Deluge Make the Scientific Method Obsolete? – Understanding Data – Theory of Knowledge – What Makes Scientists Different 🙂 – Dangers of Forgetting the Proxy Nature of Data – Seeing Patterns Where None Exists

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