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S4E22 April Fools! Quantitative Things That Fool Us

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The April Fool's Guide to Correlation

Correlation is used all the time. It doesn't even have to have any truth associated with it anymore, he says. He Googled correlation and clicked on news. There's no correlation between heatwave and demand for air-conditioning fans or coolers,. No correlation between purchasing alcohol and consuming alcohol.

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