Voodoo Correlations Are Everywhere—Not Only in Neuroscience:

Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 163 - 171
Published: Mar 24, 2011
Abstract
A recent set of articles in Perspectives on Psychological Science discussed inflated correlations between brain measures and behavioral criteria when measurement points (voxels) are deliberately selected to maximize criterion correlations (the target article was Vul, Harris, Winkielman, & Pashler, 2009). However, closer inspection reveals that this problem is only a special symptom of a broader methodological problem that characterizes all...
Paper Details
Title
Voodoo Correlations Are Everywhere—Not Only in Neuroscience:
Published Date
Mar 24, 2011
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
163 - 171
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