CAUSATION CORRELATION

The Friday File: It’s always critical to remember that correlation is not causation. For example, there is a .93 correlation coefficient (CC), and an R-Squared of .86 between the name Bailey and attendance at Cleveland Indians/Guardians baseball games between 1975-2019. Better yet, there’s a CC of 0.77 and R-Squared of 0.59 between UFO sightings in Alaska and automotive recalls for issues involving powertrains between 1975-2021. Correlation isn’t automatically causation.