Quotes About Correlation

statistically insignificant relationship between student evaluations and learning

We found very little correlation between turnover and profitability...

Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs).

In economics, it is easier to agree on the data than to agree on causality.

I associate Taylor Swift with some pretty kinky stuff.

Gather together those things that change at the same times and for the same reasons. Separate those things that change at different times or for different reasons.

In a typical study, higher testosterone levels would be observed in those male prisoners with higher rates of aggression. But being aggressive stimulates testosterone secretion; no wonder more aggressive individuals had higher levels.

Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there.'

Analogue. A part or organ in one animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal.

Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss.

Scattergraphs (sometimes known as scatterplots or scatter diagrams) are useful for representing paired data in such a way that you can more easily investigate a possible relationship between the two things being measured.

One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.

Java is to JavaScript as ham is to hamster.

If these the Times, then this must be the Man. [Andrew Marvell on Oliver Cromwell]

So much of the downstream revenue is linked to that initial excitement, to how much revenue is produced in the domestic box office. For example, what we pay for a film three years later is highly correlated to how well it did in the box office.

Every cause produces more than one effect.

A great book seeks to explain causality, not correlation. It works to point out the circumstances in which it works, and where it doesn't. And in so doing, it is broadly applicable.

I'm very familiar with how people can confuse correlation with causation.

We miss the effects of randomness in life because when we assess the world, we tend to see what we expect to see. We in effect define degree of talent by degree of success and then reinforce our feelings of causality by noting the correlation. That's why although there is sometimes little difference in ability between a wildly successful person and one who is not as successful, there is usually a big difference in how they are viewed.

We miss the effects of randomness in life because when we assess the world, we tend to see what we expect to see. We in effect define degree of talent by degree of success and then reinforce our feelings of causality by noting the correlation.

Everything in some way connects to everything else. Leonardo Da Vinci

There is an excellent correlation between giving society what it wants and making money, and almost no correlation between the desire to make money and how much money one makes.

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself!

You must not think that because one thing happens after another thing, then it is the first thing that causes the second thing. You must not think that, because it might not be true.