Avoiding spurious correlation in analysis of chemical kinetic data |
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| Authors: | Zhang Jia-Zhong |
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| Affiliation: | Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida 33149, USA. jia-zhong.zhang@noaa.gov |
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| Abstract: | This communication demonstrates that improperly formulated data analyses can inflate the strength of statistical correlations and result in drawing incorrect conclusions. The widespread misuse of a second-order kinetic model in the recent literature reveals that many chemists are not aware of the dangers of spurious correlation. |
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