What you don't expect your facebook to say about you

One of the first types of research I learned about in class was a correlational study. A correlation is a relationship between two things. It is important to remember that in a correlation, you can not prove that one thing causes the other.

A great example of a correlational study popped up on my facebook the other day. What was it about? Facebook of course. And it immediately caught my attention because it told me that I am smart because I like the Colbert Report (or maybe that I liked the Colbert report because I am smart- see what I mean).

Here's the link to the original article that caught my attention:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/03/on-facebook-smart-people-like-the-colbert-report-and-curly-fries/

And here's a good video on the study from CNN

link: http://youtu.be/4xGsb9MSFgQ