spurious correlations
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 9:22 pm
by tom jupille
US spending on science, space, and technology
correlates with
Suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation:
http://www.tylervigen.com/view_correlation?id=1597
Re: spurious correlations
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 7:11 am
by Peter Apps
Brilliant, it should be compulsory viewing for every so-called science journalist who ever uses the phrase "has been linked to"
Peter
Re: spurious correlations
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:00 pm
by GOM
Re: spurious correlations
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:35 pm
by MichaelVW
What a cool site. I can't wait to sarcastically post these charts to the facebook walls of aquintances who think they know the exact economic implications of every government policy.
