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Tag Archives: causation
A Typology of Data Relationships
Nine patterns of three types of relationships that aren’t spurious. When analysts see a large correlation coefficient, they begin speculating about possible reasons. They’ll naturally gravitate toward their initial hypothesis (or preconceived notion) which set them to investigate the data relationship … Continue reading
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Tagged causality, causation, correlation, data relationships, statistics
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How to Tell if Correlation Implies Causation
You’ve probably heard the admonition: Correlation Does Not Imply Causation. Everyone agrees that correlation is not the same as causation. However, those two words — correlation and causation — have generated quite a bit of discussion. Why Causality Matters No … Continue reading
Why You Don’t Always Get the Correlation You Expect
If you’ve ever taken a statistics class on correlation, you’ve probably come to expect that a large value for a correlation coefficient, either positive or negative, means that there is a noteworthy relationship between two phenomena. This is not always … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, causation, correlation, correlation coefficient, relationships, spurious correlations, statistics, stats with cats, variables, variance
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