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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

This is an interesting (albeit obvious) graph.

I’m no statistician, but it looks to me that as religion goes up, so does divorce and crime.

Don’t bother with the hate mail, this is statistical fact. I’m just posting it.

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posted by Keyboard Devil at 9:56 am

Comments (2)

Looks like classic misinterpretation of statistics by confusing correlation for causation. It would be equally valid to say that as divorce and crime rise, people turn to religion. Since statistics can make no statement about causation, neither statement holds up.

Comment by Brent Thomas — February 5, 2010 @ 5:36 am
In that correlation is not causation, you make a valid point. However both of the statements “as religion goes up, so does divorce and crime”, and “as divorce and crime rise, people turn to religion” are equally valid based on the numbers presented. There is no way to deny that the study suggests that these numbers are correlated.

Thanks for the post!

Comment by Keyboard Devil — February 5, 2010 @ 7:10 am