伪相关
Spurious Correlations
Tyler Vigen · 初版 2015 年
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“军事情报分析师兼哈佛法学院学生 Tyler Vigen 受其走红网络的个人网站启发，通过一系列令人捧腹的图表生动阐释了‘相关性不等于因果关系’这一黄金法则。尼古拉斯·凯奇出演的电影与游泳池溺水事故之间存在关联吗？牛肉消费量与遭遇雷击之间又如何？答案显然是否定的。但这并未阻止数以百万计的人涌入 tylervigen.com 发出‘等等，什么情况？’的惊叹。Vigen 开发了一套能够在庞大数据集中搜寻离奇统计关联的软件。他开始挑选其中最滑稽幽默的案例发布在自己的网站上
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看起来祖父楼层需要一本 Vigen 的《伪相关》（Spurious Correlations）：https://www.amazon.com/Spurious-Correlations-Tyler-Vigen/dp/... 我觉得这书挺适合当咖啡桌读物的。
Looks like grandparent could use a copy of Vigen's _Spurious Correlations_: https://www.amazon.com/Spurious-Correlations-Tyler-Vigen/dp/... I think it'd make a lovely coffee table book.
……诸如此类的东西，你可能也会喜欢：1）我的网站 Correlated.org（http://www.correlated.org），它根据用户的问卷调查结果生成各种离奇的相关性，已经做了四年多了。2）Tyler Vigen 的 Spurious Correlations（http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations），也是提供各种离谱的相关性，不过用的是公开数据集而不是问卷调查。3）Google Correlate（http://www.google.com/trends/correlate/draw），……
…sort of thing, you may also enjoy: 1) My website Correlated.org (http://www.correlated.org), which has been generating weird correlations based on users' survey responses for more than four years. 2) Spurious Correlations (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations) by Tyler Vigen, which also offers wacky correlations, but based on publicly available datasets rather than survey responses. 3) Google Correlate (http://www.google.com/trends/correlate/draw),…
居然完全没提到 Tyler Vigen 的另一个“心头好”项目，我有点意外：Spurious Correlations，里面包含了那个搞笑的伪相关——泳池溺水身亡人数与尼古拉斯·凯奇参演的电影数量呈正相关。:-)
I'm a bit surprised that no mention was made of Tyler Vigen's other 'pet' project: Spurious Correlations, which includes the hilarious spurious correlation that the number of people who've drowned in swimming pools is positively correlated with the number of films Nicholas Cage has appeared in. :-)