[Informatics] SAT Hypothesis: spurious correlations

[Mark]

I believe the creator has software to automatically pull the data and
generate the graphs.

Or he is very, VERY dedicated to his site.

On 18 March 2016 at 12:02, Fox, Richard R <fox.richard.r at edumail.vic.gov.au>
wrote:

> Awesome find, Mark. Now I am wondering, who has the time to actually
> compare these data sets on the chance that they match? Or is there some
> kind of spurious connection test tool that automates the process?
>
> Richard
> --
> Richard Fox
> Teacher of IT and Science
> eLearning and Learning Technologies Coordinator
> Diamond Valley College
> 9438 1411
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> *From:* informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [
> informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] on behalf of Mark [mark at vceit.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, 18 March 2016 11:28 AM
> *To:* Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Informatics] SAT Hypothesis: spurious correlations
>
> Hi, pattern-finders
>
> While teaching your angel-faced cherubs about hypotheses, and the fact
> that correlation does not mean causality (at least I hope you're going to
> teach them that) you might want to aim them at
> http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations.
>
> This site has many (55,837 to be precise) amusing and salutary (American)
> examples of the danger of carelessly attributing causation without evidence
> such as:
>
> - the number of people drowned by falling into a pool correlates with the
> number of films Nicolas Cage appeared in.  (Actually, this one makes sense
> to me)
>
> - per capita cheese consumption correlates with the number of people dying
> by becoming entangled in their bedsheets. (I didn't know that was even
> possible)
>
> - the divorce rate in Maine correlates with per capita consumption of
> margarine.
>
> - the age of 'Miss America' correlates with the number of murders by
> steam, hot vapours and hot objects.
>
> As a bonus there are some nice graphs and correlation statistics that may
> be a nice stepping-off point for discussion of statistical principles like
> averages, standard deviations, and significance that kids might need when
> manipulating their complex datasets.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Mark
>
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>
> Mark Kelly
>
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Mark Kelly

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