Spurrious correlations

TarJak · 05-13-14, 09:23 PM

For those into statistical correlations:
http://www.tylervigen.com/

I like the correlation between US spending on space and suicides by hanging strangulation and suffocation.

Stop spending on space NASA and save a life!

razark · 05-13-14, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

...US spending on space and suicides by hanging...

Look, some of the folks there aren't rocket scientists, and it wears you down a little.

Some of the rocket scientists aren't that great, either.

Oberon · 05-13-14, 10:17 PM

There's plenty of rocket scientists on Subsim, thank you very much, just take a look at the Kerbal Space Program thread in the Other Games subforum.

Penguin · 05-14-14, 03:58 AM

Great find!

*tones down voice* of course it's all "spurious" - that's what THEY want us to believe... It's a great resource for us who seek the truth. Oberon and me know that there is rocket scientist stuff out there that the public is not aware of - mostly in the mod section of KSP.

Here's another older favorite of me:

Jimbuna · 05-14-14, 04:08 AM

Per capita consumption of cheese (US)
correlates with
Number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets

Sailor Steve · 05-14-14, 09:06 AM

Those are rich!

TarJak · 05-14-14, 04:01 PM

You might find out in York.

Platapus · 05-14-14, 04:40 PM

We have not had an AQ terrorist attack in the US since the TV program 24 was aired. Coincidence? Well, yeah, actually that's exactly what it is.

05-13-14, 09:23 PM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Spurrious correlations For those into statistical correlations: http://www.tylervigen.com/ I like the correlation between US spending on space and suicides by hanging strangulation and suffocation. Stop spending on space NASA and save a life!

05-14-14, 04:08 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Per capita consumption of cheese (US) correlates with Number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Those are rich! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-14-14, 04:40 PM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	We have not had an AQ terrorist attack in the US since the TV program 24 was aired. Coincidence? Well, yeah, actually that's exactly what it is. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-13-14, 10:17 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	There's plenty of rocket scientists on Subsim, thank you very much, just take a look at the Kerbal Space Program thread in the Other Games subforum.

05-14-14, 03:58 AM	#4
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Great find! tones down voice of course it's all "spurious" - that's what THEY want us to believe... It's a great resource for us who seek the truth. Oberon and me know that there is rocket scientist stuff out there that the public is not aware of - mostly in the mod section of KSP. Here's another older favorite of me:

05-14-14, 04:01 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	You might find out in York.