Jati atroouction to sociology Nonspuriousness: Is the correlation"spurious"? Variable A A Third is correlated is not causally Variable related to Variable B
Nonspuriousness: Is the correlation “spurious”? Variable A Variable B is correlated with A Third Variable is not causally related to
Jati atroouction to sociology What is“ spurous” about a spurious correlation is not the correlation The correlation is real t is the causal interpretation which is spurious
What is “spurious” about a spurious correlation is not the correlation. The correlation is real. It is the causal interpretation which is spurious