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

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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!

Betonov · 05-14-14, 10:03 AM

How do hell do you die by entagling in bedsheets

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.

Aktungbby · 05-14-14, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

How do hell do you die by entagling in bedsheets

Ya wear 'em to the Forum! "Et Tu Brute?"

44 BC: History's most famous 'toga party!

fireftr18 · 05-14-14, 08:33 PM

People who drowned after falling out of a fishing boat
correlates with
Marriage rate in Kentucky

This could actually be true

Jimbuna · 05-15-14, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

How do hell do you die by entagling in bedsheets

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Originally Posted by TarJak

You might find out in York.

swamprat69er · 05-15-14, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by fireftr18

Marriage rate in Kentucky

Ah, Kentucky, the only state in the union where when you divorce your wife she is still related to you.

fireftr18 · 05-15-14, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Ah, Kentucky, the only state in the union where when you divorce your wife she is still related to you.

That's not entirely true. West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee make that claim also.

swamprat69er · 05-16-14, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by fireftr18

That's not entirely true. West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee make that claim also.

and northern Quebec.

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!

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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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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 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.

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fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	People who drowned after falling out of a fishing boat correlates with Marriage rate in Kentucky This could actually be true __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

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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.

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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:

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	How do hell do you die by entagling in bedsheets

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	You might find out in York.