Correlation is not causation

Why two things can go together without one causing the other: classic examples with ice cream and drownings, hidden variables, chance, how a cause is tested and a scatter plot to draw.

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Cover of the presentation “Correlation is not causation”

What’s inside

  1. They go together. Does one cause the other?
  2. Ice cream and beach rescues
  3. Three possible explanations
  4. Hidden variable
  5. Curious coincidences
  6. How a cause is tested
  7. Observing and experimenting
  8. Hidden variable hunt

How to use it

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