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Correlation and causation : Tyler Vigen's spurious correlations.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Sage research methods.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Research--Statistical methods.
- Research.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Internet videos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (15 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, colour
- Place of Publication:
- United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captions in English.
- Summary:
- Tyler Vigen describes his web project and book, Spurious Correlations, which finds similar patterns in unrelated data sets. Though Vigen exploits these similarities for the purpose of humor, they can also be used to imply a causal relationship when there isn't one.
- Participant:
- Presenter, Tyler Vigen.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 17, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781473997714 (streaming video) :
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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