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nonsense correlation
nonsense correlation n (Statistics) statistics a correlation supported by data but having no basis in reality, as between incidence of the common cold and ownership of televisions
nonsense correlation
nonsense correlation[′nän‚sens ‚kär·ə‚lā·shən] (statistics) A correlation between two variables that is not due to any causal relationship, but to the fact that each variable is correlated with a third variable, or to random sampling fluctuations. Also known as illusory correlation. |