| #97692 in Books | Tyler Vigen | 2015-05-12 | 2015-05-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.75 x.75 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 208 pages | Spurious Correlations||28 of 29 people found the following review helpful.| Comics for nerds|By wiredweird|"Correlation is not causation." Any proper nerd absorbed this with her mother's milk.This ridicules correlation by its own rules. Flip ten coins in sequence, a few dozen times. Among those few dozen,some sequences will inevitably achieve this odd mathematical property of "correltation." In this case, it means nothing. With enough of these short,||Although it is often funny, Vigen adds that 'this book has a serious side. Graphs can lie, and not all correlations are indicative of an underlying causal connection.' We may love to contemplate the data that seem to connect sharks and tornados (who wouldn't?)
"Spurious Correlations ... is the most fun you'll ever have with graphs."--Bustle
Military intelligence analyst and Harvard Law student Tyler Vigen illustrates the golden rule that "correlation does not equal causation" through hilarious graphs inspired by his viral website.
Is there a correlation between Nic Cage films and swimming pool accidents? What about beef consumption and people getting struck by lightning? Absolut...
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