If Chrome and Firefox cause Internet Porn to load up faster than Explorer did, perhaps that causes the need for the male brain to see porn to be satiated sooner, and pushes the psychology that leads to murder just beneath the surface.
I’m going with Causation. As screwed up and demanding as IE – and Microsoft in general – has been over the years, I could well believe that thousands of users have been driven to insanity.
I dunno… Windows 8 makes me wanna give it the gun sometimes, especially the new IE I have to use because Chrome and Southwest Airlines do not play well with each other.
Billlls first law of election year rhetoric: When a pol speaks of numbers, the real story in in the percentages, and vice versa. Comparing numbers to percentages is a perfect example of this.
If only that were actually a comparison of murder rate with IE market share. The number of murders annually isn’t the same as the murder rate, which I believe is usually described in per capita terms.
But that kind of graph is misleading as there’s not even a correlation let alone causation implied, since the trend isn’t one to one like the graph implies. IE use went down near 50% where murders went down only 15%. Or is that part of the joke…
The question here is which way does the causation run? Is it that the decrease of IE means that people are less frustrated by their browsers and therefore less likely to be driven to murder? Is it that the decrease in murder rate means there are fewer people going to IE and searching for information about the optimal location and depth of shallow graves? Is it that the murder rate had been artificially inflated because people were murdering those MS employees responsible for IE and now that most of them are dead, customer support is worse than ever and so users are moving to other browsers? Clearly additional research is required.
Well, it seems Monsieur Gates has found a way to REALLY help world health: give up market share, save lives. Wonder if he’s a closet socialist after all?
Thank you google chrome RT @cblatts “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/uQvfvwXytP
Internet Explorer kills! RT @cblatts: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/n8OBLP7FJ3
@cblatts In the 90’s we called that an spurious relation…
@cblatts that’s not really showing correlation though – it’s pretty obviously spurious regression
research humor. RT @cblatts: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/NiegafH9sR
Don’t know what @cblatts is talking about: I see a strong, causal relationship here. http://t.co/MuAi83e75a
With http://t.co/XigmQrsWjK I take back EVERYTHING I said in http://t.co/sswF1TWjfm — we’re beating back Microsoft’s deadly scourge.
THE BEST: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/I9HSSF0USY
correlation vs. causation http://t.co/88DLOUOg0g
AMAZING! This is probably a must-retweet! Thanks @bisina!
RT @bisina: correlation vs. causation http://t.co/d9Y3So6Ayq
FTW. [email protected]: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/0UyCioV7xG”
Correlation versus causation in a single graph :-). http://t.co/7DGmd8oelG from @cblatts
@lendegroot You mean something like this? :) http://t.co/tFPjN8MrVN
This is excellent! “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/aLMYVtlaqP
Correlation vs. causation. http://t.co/X992lg8aQm
[email protected]: Don’t know what @cblatts is talking about: I see a strong, causal relationship here. http://t.co/bIoJ9wU0FH” IE vs murders
RT @cblatts “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/pZmmJvShXG
Love this on many levels: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/zMOMAeby6H
Brilliant: Correlation vs. causation in a single graph. via @jenwoolard http://t.co/MM2suAfg7S
Correlation versus causation in a single graph http://t.co/LZSdJJsulH
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““Correlation versus causation in a single graph”” http://t.co/EVpdvM8Uw5
Pourquoi il ne faut pas utiliser IE :-)) RT @obouba: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/RkejpC3vW2
RT @squintar: Très joli RT @adelaigue: I knew it! [email protected]: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/8y5F8fwo5Z”
@cblatts @WilHMoo But just add levels of environment lead to this graph and watch it explain both #CommonCause #AmIRite
Correlation versus causation in a single graph” (via @cblatts) http://t.co/EyLzXdN9H5
@cmcgovern Correlation vs causation – see this? :-) http://t.co/3Z396ENKVu
@cblatts same curve with rapes, but strong suspicions internet porn is the causation ;-)
Ever been caught between correlation and causation? Great graph by @cblatts clears things up http://t.co/WohB6MdhWi
Genial para dar clases “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/MtxlKvTL2N
Viktig å vite… “@went1955: This is great: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/5jgopAXuwY (via @viewfromthecave)”
RT @viewfromthecave: This is great “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” via @cblatts http://t.co/Yk4TxpnSHW
Best of use of data viz I’ve seen in a while. RT @cblatts “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/05KvLrJAMz
RT @unickf: dunno @viewfromthecave – i see this and think “another great reason not to be using internet explorer” http://t.co/4gPMBR4v58
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“Correlation versus causation in a single graph” via @cblatts http://t.co/GikTOnyrdL
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“Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/ldVZp4YIPT
[email protected]: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/A9261noOsY” lol
An unexpected benefit of lower Internet Explorer usage. http://t.co/VJFS9Eo6xP
[email protected]_Flow: [email protected]: “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/lji6O4FKMq” lol” jajaja
@conjugateprior @cblatts I was slow to find the graph. Well played! Had I been more quick, the quip is: And I thought it was Roe v Wade…
@cblatts But´s it litttle tricky: there´s no high #correlation & fallacy possible through your problematic graph scaling.
Firefox is far less murderous.
RT @bill_easterly: Maybe this will convince you that correlation is not causation http://t.co/Y4cnMaHs3V
This. “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/tMX9dRJ8RA via @cblatts h/t @dgardner
Not to miss:
http://t.co/8piCgSemQN
Or, why people switching from the IE browser does not explain reductions in the murder rate!
Correlation and causation; Internet Explorer and the murder rate. http://t.co/0we1Y8aONy
I dunno man. I can imagine the link. rt @UdadisiSuperior “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/DhWpcCXJHX …
Mass-murderer, Microsoft! “Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/w1VJe1NjZo
Maybe there is a tiny bit of causation….
If Chrome and Firefox cause Internet Porn to load up faster than Explorer did, perhaps that causes the need for the male brain to see porn to be satiated sooner, and pushes the psychology that leads to murder just beneath the surface.
So Oakland, CA, is apparently a hotbed of Internet Explorer usage.
I’m going with Causation. As screwed up and demanding as IE – and Microsoft in general – has been over the years, I could well believe that thousands of users have been driven to insanity.
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The graph is more meaningless than you intended. One axis should be the number of murders, not the murder rate.
Having struggled with Microsoft’s crappy OS’s and software for 30 years, I see a strong causative relationship. :-)
Try explaining that to a global warming hysteric (“scientist”). They know nothing about statistics.
But isn’t this true of virtually every Microsoft product besides Excel?
I dunno… Windows 8 makes me wanna give it the gun sometimes, especially the new IE I have to use because Chrome and Southwest Airlines do not play well with each other.
Billlls first law of election year rhetoric: When a pol speaks of numbers, the real story in in the percentages, and vice versa. Comparing numbers to percentages is a perfect example of this.
Wow — this is a hat trick: Not one but TWO “gee-whiz” graphs, as the great Darrell Huff defined them
If only that were actually a comparison of murder rate with IE market share. The number of murders annually isn’t the same as the murder rate, which I believe is usually described in per capita terms.
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But that kind of graph is misleading as there’s not even a correlation let alone causation implied, since the trend isn’t one to one like the graph implies. IE use went down near 50% where murders went down only 15%. Or is that part of the joke…
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The question here is which way does the causation run? Is it that the decrease of IE means that people are less frustrated by their browsers and therefore less likely to be driven to murder? Is it that the decrease in murder rate means there are fewer people going to IE and searching for information about the optimal location and depth of shallow graves? Is it that the murder rate had been artificially inflated because people were murdering those MS employees responsible for IE and now that most of them are dead, customer support is worse than ever and so users are moving to other browsers? Clearly additional research is required.
Well, it seems Monsieur Gates has found a way to REALLY help world health: give up market share, save lives. Wonder if he’s a closet socialist after all?
RT @bill_easterly Maybe this will convince you that correlation is not causation http://t.co/tYIEp07mOh via @aidwatch
Jeff H.
…”after all?”
Were laboring under the impression that Bill Gates was a socialist?
RT @codepo8: Internet Explorer usage vs. Murder Rate in the US: http://t.co/7uxMX3wlxG
This made me chuckle: http://t.co/ASZro0A4B7
RT @smalyshev: The science is settled: http://t.co/G76BMa3pqU
We often pay lip service to “correlation does not equal causation,” but it really doesn’t. http://t.co/H6PJMPOLn8
Holy wow, is this real? http://t.co/8tdY2DQG6A
RT @agaviriau: “Correlación versus causalidad en una gráfica”: http://t.co/C1NlR0zTDe
@cblatts See also: stop global warming by becoming a pirate http://t.co/pucyXHEKPd
“Correlation versus causation in a single graph” http://t.co/gner1zuytn // JAAAAA
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