| Article ID: | iaor20161402 |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 36 |
| End Page Number: | 38 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2000 |
| Journal: | Teaching Statistics |
| Authors: | Matthews Robert |
| Keywords: | statistics: inference |
This article shows that a highly statistically significant correlation exists between stork populations and human birth rates across Europe.While storks may not deliver babies, unthinking interpretation of correlation and p‐values can certainly deliver unreliable conclusions.