![The Dangers of Correlation and the Necessity of Scatterplots](/content/images/size/w720/content/v1/51259dfce4b01b12552dad3e/1427671266284-SD69KV95IML8EX8XZCUR/3176267-3141602-thumbnail.png)
The Dangers of Correlation and the Necessity of Scatterplots
After my previous post on IQ and Height, I thought it would be good to revisit the subjects of scatterplots and correlation. A scatterplot is often an excellent first step in any data analysis. You can learn a lot from a scatterplot, because humans are good at pattern recognition. A