Spurious relationship
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spurious-relationship-208-810865
title:
Spurious relationship
text:
In statistics, a spurious relationship or spurious correlation is a mathematical relationship in which two or more events or variables are associated but not causally related, due to either coincidence or the presence of a certain third, unseen factor.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurious_relationship
date created:
2004-02-23T17:39:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T03:46:20Z
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