Top Correlation Quotes

There seems to be a direct correlation between the spike in suicides by young people and the increase in cyberbullying amongst young people.

Cars with flames painted on the hood might get more speeding tickets. Are the flames making the car go fast? No. Certain things just go together. And when they do, they are correlated. It is the darli...

Correlation Definition

(n.) Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases.

One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten.