Adam Holbrook

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November 28, 2001

Correlation does not imply causation…

By Adam Holbrook

It is said that the phrase “correlation does not imply causation” is carved over the doors of most professors of statistics. Indeed, while it may be possible to correlate such diverse phenomena as stock market trends with the number of sunspots, it is difficult to imagine the linkage between them.

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