During the 10-year period between the year 2000 and 2009, the per capita consumption of

mozzarella cheese in the United States had a 99% correlation with the number of doctorates awarded in civil engineering.

Or, if you want more correlation than that, Between 2000 and 2010, the per capita consumption of

margarine had a 99% correlation with the divorce rate in Maine.

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You may have heard some of these spurious correlations before.

95%, 99% correlations between obviously unrelated factors. But how do we know they're obviously unrelated? Statistics is

a fascinating science. It is a science that helps us see the past, understand the present, and predict the future.

If you want to know if Oreos get sagi in milk, you don't have to dip every single Oreo ever made into a glass of

milk to come to the conclusion that they do.

Statistics with the appropriate sample size helps us see that there is in fact not just a

correlation but causation between dipping your cookie and milk and the cookie getting sagi.

Where we get in trouble is this. There has to be correlations of unrelated items over a 10-year span.

Because we have so many to choose from.

We can look at every statistic about divorces,

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