Data links roundup (week of November 1, 2013)

The week's top data analysis links...
This week's theme: correlation vs. causality, and other odds and ends


UNHEALTHY CHOICE?

In yet another entry into the "correlation does not equal causation" category, there is a strong, positive correlation between autism and... organic produce!


10 CRIME MYTHS, DEBUNKED

The Urban Institute debunks 10 popular crime myths, uncovering the truth that suburbs are not necessarily safer than cities, crime is not getting "worse," and who is (and is not) the most common criminal.


TRICK OR TREAT

Yale economist Dean Karlan treats trick-or-treating as a behavioral science experiment, and comes to some startling conclusions...


BEST CHART COMIC OF THE WEEK

Source: xkcd