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Originally Posted by Kunoichi_Haruko
Care to elaborate, bullet?
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it's a classic example that was brought up time and time again in stat classes that demonstrate how correlation doesn't equate causation.
studies apparently show that whenever ice cream consumption increases, murder rate increases. it shows a correlation, but not a causation...cuz weather is a third variable that causes an increase of both variables. heat waves generate increased aggression, leading to an increase in violent crimes. hot weather also leads to an increase in ice cream consumption. so although ice cream sales and murder rates show a correlation, there's no causation between them...if that made any sense, i prolly didn't do too great a job at explaining that.
