spurious correlation
NOUN
20 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S
spurious correlation is a valid 20-letter word worth 23 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1P3U1R1I1O1U1S1C3O1R1R1E1L1A1T1I1O1N1
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =23 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 46TRIPLE WORD → 69
MEANING
What does spurious correlation mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A correlation between two variables (e.g., between the number of electric motors in the home and grades at school) that does not result from any direct relation between them (buying electric motors will not raise grades) but from their relation to other variables.
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