Spurious Correlations Quotes

“Unsurprisingly, injuries related to falling televisions have an even stronger correlation to television sales. That graph does not appear in this book, but look for it in my upcoming sequel: Not-So-Spurious Correlations.”
― Tyler Vigen, Spurious Correlations

“If you don’t find a particular graph interesting, please blame the students of Harvard Law School.”
― Tyler Vigen, Spurious Correlations

“According to a scientist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, a tornado would most likely fillet a shark. On a related note, this would be the first entry in my new idea for a cookbook: Statistically Unlikely Recipes.”
― Tyler Vigen, Spurious Correlations

“The difficulty rating of words in the Scripps National Spelling Bee is based on a very complicated mathematical algorithm involving a linguistical analysis of the origin of the word, the syllables, and expected phonetic construction.
Just kidding. A couple of wordsmiths sit around a table and throw out difficulty ratings like they’re judging a swan dive.”
― Tyler Vigen, Spurious Correlations

“New sociology PhDs realize there is no work in their field, take jobs as astronauts instead. Sociology doctorates vs. Worldwide noncommercial space launches”
― Tyler Vigen, Spurious Correlations

“On second thought, this might not be spurious. Computer science doctorates vs. Comic book sales”
― Tyler Vigen, Spurious Correlations