Dina Spector posts some amusing graphs by Tyler Vigen, who drives home — in comedic style — the often-discussed difference between correlation and causation. For example, did you know that there is a strong correlation between "Total revenue generated by U.S. ski facilities" and "Number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets?" Or that the "Marriage rate in Kentucky" closely tracks "People who drowned after falling out of a fishing boat?"
May 13, 2014