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Carol Furchner's List: Psy105-correlation
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May 09, 16
University of Utah study of around 1000 people's fMRI
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Feb 18, 16
correlation vs causation - good example of the difficulties in inferring cause.
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Nov 12, 14
nice example of critical thinking beyond a sensationalized headline
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Mar 19, 15
Good example of a correlation (bookishness and myopia) that didn't hold up
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Jan 27, 15
Although studies are of necessity correlational, they converge on the same strong relationship between number of guns owned and deaths involving guns (accidents, deliberate shootings, suicides). What are the counterarguments?
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Sep 09, 14
Why correlational data from studies of the effectiveness of vitamins and other supplements are rarely supported when controlled, randomized experiments are done.
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Aug 19, 14
Site that shows spurious correlations between completely unrelated variables. Good examples where inferring cause and effect would seem to be pretty silly.
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Feb 17, 14
Good metaphor for illusory correlation and spurious causation - focus on two items over a brief interval, and it looks like one causes the other.
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