{"id":502,"date":"2020-06-06T12:44:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T12:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mixingin.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2020-06-06T14:05:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T14:05:51","slug":"link-spurious-correlation-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/index.php\/link-spurious-correlation-examples\/502\/research-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Link: Spurious Correlation Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mixingin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chart-1024x404.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503\" width=\"823\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chart-1024x404.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chart-300x118.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chart-768x303.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chart-1536x606.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/teachpsychscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/chart-2048x807.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A website dedicated to creating charts depicting ridiculous correlations (like the one in the picture&#8211;clearly we must stop putting Nicolas Cage in films!).  You can also pick two variables of your own from a list including topics like: interesting causes of death, sunlight by state, marriage and divorce rates. A great way for students to play around and see if they can find significant correlations. This can help show the importance of a priori hypotheses and preregistration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Discover your own correlations <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tylervigen.com\/discover\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tylervigen.com\/spurious-correlations\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tylervigen.com\/images\/tylervigencom.png\" alt=\"tylervigen.com\" width=\"245\" height=\"41\" title=\"tylervigen.com\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Please click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tylervigen.com\/spurious-correlations\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>for the main site.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A website dedicated to creating charts depicting ridiculous correlations (like the one in the picture&#8211;clearly we must stop putting Nicolas Cage in films!). You can also pick two variables of your own from a list including topics like: interesting causes of death, sunlight by state, marriage and divorce rates. 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