May 13, 2014 · Here’s the cure to being duped again. It’s a site called Spurious Correlations by Tyler Vigen–or more accurately, Tyler Vigen’s software. He created code to spot correlations …

Correlation is not causation: thousands of charts of real data showing actual correlations between ridiculous variables.

Jan 25, 2018 · There is a very close correlation between the pair of plot lines, even accompanied by a very large r-value (close to 1) and a very small p-value (close to 0). The suggestion is that …

May 9, 2014 · To prove that correlation between two variables does not necessarily mean that one causes the other, Tyler Vigen has created a series of comical charts that show "spurious …

Jan 13, 2017 · Big Think has been talking about the dangers in confusing correlation with causality for some time. You know, how the amount of one thing seems to correspond to …

May 12, 2014 · We’ve found at least one website devoted to outing spurious correlations that make it into the press. But Tyler Vigen’s work may do more to undermine this threadbare …

May 1, 2019 · In their message, they shared a funny image that proves correlation does not equal causation with a hilarious twist – comparing Nicolas Cage movies and the number of people …

Feb 20, 2017 · Every A-Level Psychology student will have heard their teacher say ‘correlation does not imply causation’, at some point in their course. To ‘prove’ this point, the website …

Along these lines, I often find people who say "correlation != causation" don't stop and wonder "so how _can_ we prove causation (in a non-randomized study)?" I guess many of them can be …

Nov 17, 2023 · "Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying." If this has already been posted, please remove. Saw this in a prof group on FB.