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Numberphile has a Do Storks Deliver Babies? video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-d1ApBTFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-d1ApBTFw There's also the amu

by celias 6y ago

Numberphile has a Do Storks Deliver Babies? video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-d1ApBTFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-d1ApBTFw There's also the amusing Spurious Correlations site with several examples of convincing looking correlations https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

swiley 6y ago
Oh wow! That's filmed by the same guy that does periodic videos!
- pindab0ter 6y ago
  Brady Haran (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Haran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Haran). I Like to believe he's somewhat of a low-key internet celebrity with a slew of YouTube channels and a successful podcast. All-round top bloke, too.
mojomark 6y ago
I don't understand why everyone calls the correlation between the number of storks and childbirths per country as "spurious". That's incorrect. There is absolutely a correlation, but it is the statement that the fabricated cause of that correlation as presented (i.e. storms deliver babies) is true that is spurious. The truth underpinning the correlation (i.e. increased country size tends to yield increased populations of flora/fauna of all varieties) requires additional data to reveal - especially, in this case, if your a person who has never heard of a "stork" or what one is. The p-value tells researchers that there's something interesting going on between data sets and further exploration is likely warranted to reveal the true underlying relationship. It's not a proof of a fabricated conclusion. "The golden way to test a causal relation is an appropriately designed experiment, where only the suspected "cause" is varied and the "effect" is observed." 1. https://www.researchgate.net/post/If_correlation_doesnt_imply_causation_then_if_I_find_a_statistically_significant_correlation_how_can_I_prove_the_causality https://www.researchgate.net/post/If_correlation_doesnt_impl...

by celias 6y ago

swiley 6y ago

Oh wow! That's filmed by the same guy that does periodic videos!

pindab0ter 6y ago
Brady Haran (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Haran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Haran). I Like to believe he's somewhat of a low-key internet celebrity with a slew of YouTube channels and a successful podcast. All-round top bloke, too.

mojomark 6y ago

I don't understand why everyone calls the correlation between the number of storks and childbirths per country as "spurious". That's incorrect. There is absolutely a correlation, but it is the statement that the fabricated cause of that correlation as presented (i.e. storms deliver babies) is true that is spurious. The truth underpinning the correlation (i.e. increased country size tends to yield increased populations of flora/fauna of all varieties) requires additional data to reveal - especially, in this case, if your a person who has never heard of a "stork" or what one is. The p-value tells researchers that there's something interesting going on between data sets and further exploration is likely warranted to reveal the true underlying relationship. It's not a proof of a fabricated conclusion. "The golden way to test a causal relation is an appropriately designed experiment, where only the suspected "cause" is varied and the "effect" is observed." 1. https://www.researchgate.net/post/If_correlation_doesnt_imply_causation_then_if_I_find_a_statistically_significant_correlation_how_can_I_prove_the_causality https://www.researchgate.net/post/If_correlation_doesnt_impl...