Meaning of spurious correlation
Definition of spurious correlation
(noun)
a
correlation
between
two variables (e.g.,
between
the
number
of
electric
motors in the
home
and grades at school) that does not
result
from any
direct
relation
between
them (buying
electric
motors
will
not
raise
grades) but from their
relation
to
other
variables
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