Comments on: xkcd on the correlation between correlation and causation http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/03/06/xkcd-on-the-correlation-between-correlation-and-causation/ EBB is the ebiquity research group\\\'s blog at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). We focus on technologies that facilitate the design, implementation and control of distributed, intelligent information systems -- mobile and pervasive computing, ad hoc networking, multiagent systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, and the semantic web. As the tides of technology ebb and flow, we hope the good ideas wash up on our beach and the bad ones drift back out to sea. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/03/06/xkcd-on-the-correlation-between-correlation-and-causation/comment-page-1/#comment-28594 Greg Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:08:48 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/?p=1799#comment-28594 Based on a large sample of studies, I measured the correlation between correlation and causation to be 0.977 - strong enough to believe that, for all practical purposes, correlation causes causation. http://ghill.customer.netspace.net.au/correlation-causation.html Based on a large sample of studies, I measured the correlation between correlation and causation to be 0.977 – strong enough to believe that, for all practical purposes, correlation causes causation.

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]]> By: Breanna http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/03/06/xkcd-on-the-correlation-between-correlation-and-causation/comment-page-1/#comment-28531 Breanna Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:37:49 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/?p=1799#comment-28531 haha, I like it. haha, I like it.

]]> By: Seinberg http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/03/06/xkcd-on-the-correlation-between-correlation-and-causation/comment-page-1/#comment-28506 Seinberg Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:51:41 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/?p=1799#comment-28506 The mouseover text on the xkcd image is great too: "but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there' " The mouseover text on the xkcd image is great too: “but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there’ “

]]> By: Joel http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/03/06/xkcd-on-the-correlation-between-correlation-and-causation/comment-page-1/#comment-28505 Joel Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:50:31 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/?p=1799#comment-28505 Wired says that the correlation/causation distinction is quaint and obsolete. Wired says that the correlation/causation distinction is quaint and obsolete.

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