Spurious correlations

by Vigen, Tyler

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Title Statements

Full title :Spurious correlations / Tyler Vigen.

Summary

"Military intelligence analyst and Harvard Law student Tyler Vigen illustrates the golden rule that "correlation does not equal causation" through hilarious graphs inspired by his viral website. Is there a correlation between Nick Cage films and swimming pool accidents? What about beef consumption and people getting struck by lightning? Absolutely not. But that hasn't stopped millions of people from going to tylervigen.com and asking, "Wait, what?" Vigen has designed software that scours enormous data sets to find unlikely statistical correlations. He began pulling the funniest ones for his website and has since gained millions of views, hundreds of thousands of likes, and tons of media coverage. Subversive and clever, Spurious Correlations is geek humor at its finest, nailing our obsession with data and conspiracy theory"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hachette Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 189 pages ; : 15 x 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780316339438, 0316339431, 0316339458, 9780316339452
oclc:ocn890626156
LC Classification:PN6165
Dewey Decimal:818/.602

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Subjects

American wit and humor Curiosités et merveilles Curiosities and wonders Empirische Forschung Humour américain Kausalität Korrelation Korrelationsanalyse Statistik