| From: | Rik <rik@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 18:41 |
On Tuesday 20 May 2003 4:40 pm, you wrote:> > My psych prof's favorite examples of a spurious statistical correlation: > the softness of asphalt in NYC streets / infant and elderly death rate. >There's also the demonstrable correlation between incidence of cancer in a given geographical area and the number of lampposts erected there. Rik, knee deep.