Infograph of the Year: Correlation and Causation

Did Facebook cause the Greek debt crisis?  Did babies named Ava lead to a housing bubble?

A rockstar infograph by Vali Chandrasekaran of BusinessWeek reminds us never to confuse correlation with causation.

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Correlation or Causation (BusinessWeek)

 

 

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