S.J. Gould published an essay some decades ago in which he collected a number of meaningless correlations. I think one was between gasoline prices and some sort of astronomical phenomena.
Carrol On 8/7/2011 1:24 PM, Eugene Coyle wrote: > What's the Gini coefficient in relationships (so to speak)? > > On Aug 7, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > >> FINANCIAL TIMES / August 5, 2011 10:24 pm >> >> Dubious data cut down to size >> >> By Tim Harford >> >> A doctoral student found that national income is correlated with the >> average length of the erect penis in a country >> >> for more, see >> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2b11d758-bd80-11e0-89fb-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1UMlruJxx >> >> -- >> Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own >> way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
