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  • https://stats.libretexts.org/Courses/American_River_College/STAT_300%3A_My_Introductory_Statistics_Textbook_(Mirzaagha)/03%3A_Regression_Analysis/3.02%3A_Bivariate_Data/3.2.03%3A_Correlation_vs._Causation
    A study done by law student Tyler Vigan showed a moderate to strong correlation between the number of movies Nicolas Cage releases in a year and the number of drownings in swimming pools in the same y...A study done by law student Tyler Vigan showed a moderate to strong correlation between the number of movies Nicolas Cage releases in a year and the number of drownings in swimming pools in the same year. So in this example, urbanization is the cause of both variables increasing. (This is an example of a confounding variable). A confounding or lurking variable is a variable that is not known to the researcher, but affects the results of the study.

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