Showing posts with label correlation-causation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label correlation-causation. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Cartoon of the Day: Damned Lies, Statistics and Correlation-Causation Explanations

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Manipulation of statistics to generate causation-correlation explanations is shown below in a spoof. From Businessweek/Bloomberg Our p...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Evidence of the Distortive Effects of Government Policies on Financial Markets

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Howard Simons at the Minyanville explains , (bold emphasis mine) The Chicago Federal Reserve produces a personal consumption & hous...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Correlation isn’t Causation: Commodity Prices and Interest Rates

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Correlations interpreted as causation. This represents one of the most dangerous premises in making predictions. An article in the Bloom...
Saturday, April 02, 2011

Correlation Isn't Causation: Food Prices and Global Riots

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The IMF says that the string of antigovernment protests worldwide are all about rising food prices. The Wall Street Journal blog writes , ...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Has China’s Competition For Brides Led To Global Imbalances?

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Competition for brides, due to gender imbalance, has led to China’s huge savings. That’s according to a study reported by Wall Street Journa...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Do iPhone Users Have More Sex Appeal?

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Many interesting stuff from the web as this iPhone users draw in more sexual partners than BlackBerry and Android users. According to ...
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Does Falling Oil Prices Suggest A Drop In Real Economic Growth?

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This chart says yes! For biased opinion writers, data mining facts to support their point of view is a common folly. The chart above from th...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Four Reasons Why ‘Fear’ In Gold Prices Is A Fallacy

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``The danger from all forms of paper money controlled and regulated by governments or their appointed central banks is that they remain crea...