Episode 3 Correlation Versus Causation

As ice cream sales increase, so does the rate of shark attacks! Correlation of evidence is the practice scientists use to develop an understanding of causation, but would you believe that one of the worst mistakes we scientists make is being convinced that correlation implies causation. Sometimes two things that correlate have no direct link to each other at all. Join hosts Shanti and Danny as they discuss the differences between correlation and causation and how to interpret them.Stephanie; Spurious Correlation: Examples from Real Life and the News. Statistics How To. 03-Mar-2016. https://www.statisticshowto.com/spurious-correlation/Walters, J.; Nutrition experts alarmed by nonprofit downplaying role of junk food in obesity. The Guardian. 11-Aug-2015. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/11/obesity-junk-food-exercise-global-energy-balance-network-coca-colaAshmead, R. and Slud, E. Small area model diagnostics and validation with applications to the Voting Rights Act Section 203, Proceedings of Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA. 2017. http://www.asasrms.org/Proceedings/y2017/files/593899.pdfSupport the show