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Spurious Correlation

In: Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics
Edited by: Neil J. Salkind

In social science research, the idea of spurious correlation is taken to mean roughly that when two variables correlate, it is not because one is a direct cause of the other but rather because they are brought about by ...

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  Salkind, N. J. (2007). Spurious correlation. In Encyclopedia of measurement and statistics (pp. 938-940). Sage Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952644.n427
  
  Salkind, Neil J. "Spurious Correlation." In Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, edited by Salkind, Neil J., 938-40. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2007. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952644.n427.
  
  Salkind, N. J. 2007. Spurious Correlation. In: Neil J. Salkind Editor, 2007. Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. pp. 938-940 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952644.n427> [Accessed 3 Jul 2022].
  
  Salkind, Neil J. "Spurious Correlation." Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics. Edited by Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc., 2007, pp. 938-40. SAGE Research Methods. 3 Jul 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952644.n427.
  
  Salkind, Neil J. (2007). Spurious correlation In:Spurious correlation Encyclopedia of measurement and statistics Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.; 2007:938-940. doi:10.4135/9781412952644.n427
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