Correlation and causation

Vin Diesel example

Vin Diesel movies US GDP growth UK GDP growth Correlations

2010 0 2.53% 1.54% VD movies - US GDP growth
2011 1 1.60% 1.97% VD movies - UK GDP growth
2012 3 2.22% 1.18% UK GDP growth - US GDP growth
2013 1 1.49% 2.16%
2014 4 2.43% 2.85%
2015 4 2.43% 2.33%

A very good book on the topic is: 'Spurious correlations' by Tyler Vigen.
Here's a link to his personal website: http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
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