Correlation does not imply causation
Correlation does not imply causation
Refutation of a logical fallacy.
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Fallacy
Argument that uses faulty reasoning.
8.6%
Causality
How one process influences another.
5.9%
Correlation
Statistical relationship.
4.4%
Spurious relationship
Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables.
4.1%
Granger causality
Statistical hypothesis test for forecasting.
2.9%
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Satirical deity.
2.5%
Confusion of the inverse
Logical fallacy.
2%
Louse
Infraorder of insects.
1.6%
Rainbow jersey
Colored jersey for the reigning World Champion in cycling.
1.5%
Myopia
Inability to focus on distant objects.
1.4%
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Survivorship bias
Statistical error from focusing on successes over failures.
20%
Correlation
Statistical relationship.
6.2%
Parkinson's disease
Progressive neurodegenerative disease.
3.7%
Chiropractic
Form of pseudoscientific alternative medicine.
3.3%
Dust Bowl
1930s period of severe dust storms in North America.
2.1%
Retrocausality
Mathematical technique in physics.
1.9%
Alzheimer's disease
Progressive neurodegenerative disease.
1.5%
Synchronicity
Jungian concept of the meaningfulness of acausal coincidences.
1.5%
Confounding
Bias in causal inference.
1.5%
Statistics
Study of collection and analysis of data.
1.3%