DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS - SPURIOUS CORRELATION

Spurious Anomalies in Dimensional Renormalization

A set of procedures is given for avoiding the spurious anomalies that are generated when the ’t Hooft Veltman definition of γ5 is used in conjunction with renormalization by minimal subtraction. These procedures are derived from the standard procedure, which requires in addition various finite renormalizations to remove spurious violations of chiral symmetry. They apply to open fermion lines, i...

Further analysis of spurious causality

The properties of Granger-causality tests are examined when applied to integrated time series. Recently presented results suggesting spurious causality in such circumstances are shown to be highly dependent upon the absence of deterministic terms from the causality testing equations. The analysis is completed by the examination of an alternative non-parametric causality test.

Spurious Hyperleukocytosis

Hyperleukocytosis is an oncological emergency but is extremely rare in non-malignant conditions. Nucleated RBCs give rise to spuriously high total leucocyte count and cause clinical dilemma. Thalassemia major patients are known to have leucocytosis even after correction for nucleated RBCs. We report a case of undiagnosed Thalassemia major in a 4 month old infant with total leucocyte count highe...

Analysis of spurious events in seismic interferometry

Seismic interferometry can be used to construct the Green’s function between two buried receivers in the subsurface. To construct the exact Green function sources should be placed at a surface enclosing the buried receivers. In practice sources could only be placed at the surface, and spurious events are introduced in the constructed Green’s function. The origin of these spurious events are ana...

From spurious correlation to misleading association: The nature and extent of spurious correlation and its implication for the philosophy of science with special emphasis on positivism