
Spurious relationship
Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables

Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables
In statistics, a spurious relationship or spurious correlation is a mathematical relationship in which two or more events or variables are associated but not causally related, due to either coincidence or the presence of a certain third, unseen factor (referred to as a "common response variable", "confounding factor", or "lurking variable").
Read on Wikipedia · Image Cmglee, CC BY-SA 4.0
Open boosters, collect cards and trade them. Free to play.
Play for free