SPURIOUS CORRELATION
Spurious correlation is the erroneous presumption of correlativity between two variables. This correlation is, more often than not, influenced by a third factor that is not readily identified at the initial time of analyzation. The name comes from the latin word ‘spurious’ which denoted falsity, and illegitimacy.
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