Coincidence? I think not! Stop eating margarine!Submitted by Bad_Grammer_Girl t3_z5fo7e in Maine
bramblebog t1_ixzg1zm wrote
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This is part of a series, "Spurious correlations," which shows absurd examples of statistical correlation that clearly lack any causal link.
Why you calling folks asses?
Invisible00101001 t1_ixzk58e wrote
On further review, I think he just doesn't understand what "correlated" means. I kinda feel bad now.
TarantinoFan23 t1_iy1fbnt wrote
Ah you are right , mistyped corralled. I meant to say, you can't conclude there's no causation relationship just from the graph.
Invisible00101001 t1_iy1vbnk wrote
Which is exactly what i said in my post when you called me an ass. The words you're looking for are:
"I'm sorry."
TarantinoFan23 t1_iy1z01f wrote
No, you CAN'T conclude it!
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