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spurious correlation

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1.a correlation between two variables (e.g., between the number of electric motors in the home and grades at school) that does not result from any direct relation between them (buying electric motors will not raise grades) but from their relation to other variables

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    catch up on (something)
    to do something that you have not had time to do, to learn about something (the daily news or news about old friends)
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