spuriouscorrelations (version 0.1)

spurious_correlations: Spurious Correlations datasets

Description

A dataset to preserve tylervigen.com correlations.

Usage

spurious_correlations

Format

A tibbles with 155 observations and 9 variables:

year

Year

var1

Variable 1

var2

Variable 2

var1_short

Variable 1 short name

var2_short

Variable 2 short name

var1_unit

Variable 1 unit

var2_unit

Variable 2 unit

var1_value

Variable 1 value

var2_value

Variable 2 value

source

Source

Examples

# Drownings by Falling into a Pool
# correlates with
# Films Nicolas Cage Appeared In
d <- spurious_correlations[spurious_correlations$var2_short == "Nicholas Cage", ]
cor(d$var1_value, d$var2_value)