[ExI] quora

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] quora

 

 

similar example:  the number of churches and the number of bars is very highly correlated

 

 

 

Ja.  More specifically: whiskey sales revenue with the number of Methodist ministers.

 

That one is an example of a statistics rookie error.  If one instead uses whiskey sales per person and Methodist minister rate per person, those two do not correlate any better than lung cancer and telephone poles.

 

spike

 

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