Spurious correlation

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A Spurious correlation is a relation in which two variable have a correlation which is cause by a third, unknown relationship.

Part of M7-Quantitative Decision Methods-S7 - Correlation and Time series See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurious_relationship