But the statistical relationship is not nearly so great as it is with House elections.

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The statistical relationship, controlling for other factors, between state government higher education appropriations and economic growth is negative, not positive.

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Indeed, as shown by a simple yet nifty study by Marc Orlitzky, recently published in Business Ethics Quarterly, articles published on this topic in Management journals report a statistical relationship between the two variables which is about twice as big as the ones reported in Economics, Finance, or Accounting journals.

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They used sophisticated statistical analyses to find the relationship between the patterns of brain activity and the content of the videos.

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An economist using these tools might conclude that a casual relationship existed where none really does, and thus be fooled by a statistical mirage.

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