http://www.metafilter.com/tags/logicallfallacy Posts tagged with 'logicallfallacy' at MetaFilter. Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:13:52 -0800 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:13:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/36651/Of%2Dcourse%2Dthe%2DRed%2DSox%2Ddid%2Dwin%2Dthis%2Dyear <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=241031028">Redskins lose.</a> An interesting example of the logical fallacy known as <a href="http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/posthoc.htm">Coincidental Correlation</a>, for the last 71 years the Washington Redskins' <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041027/ap_on_el_pr/redskins___politics_1">last home game before Election Day </a>has correlated with the success of the incumbent president. Boy, it's a good thing in sports no one believes in silly statistics... tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.36651 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:13:52 -0800 correlation elections logic logicallfallacy sports statistics XQUZYPHYR