Comments on: The numbers don’t lie http://www.keyboarddevil.com/blog/2010/02/the-numbers-dont-lie/ Where satire meets utter cynicism Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keyboard Devil http://www.keyboarddevil.com/blog/2010/02/the-numbers-dont-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Keyboard Devil Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:10:08 +0000 http://www.keyboarddevil.com/blog/?p=562#comment-2360 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! 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!

]]> By: Brent Thomas http://www.keyboarddevil.com/blog/2010/02/the-numbers-dont-lie/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Brent Thomas Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:36:19 +0000 http://www.keyboarddevil.com/blog/?p=562#comment-2359 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. 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.

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