Tutorial: How to detect spurious correlations
Posted by Armando Brito Mendes | Filed under estatística, materiais ensino
Tutorial: How to detect spurious correlations, and how to find the real ones
Specifically designed in the context of big data in our research lab, the new and simple strong correlation synthetic metric proposed in this article should be used, whenever you want to check if there is a real association between two variables, especially in large-scale automated data science or machine learning projects. Use this new metric now, to avoid being accused of reckless data science and even being sued for wrongful analytic practice.
Tags: data mining, Estat Descritiva, inferência
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