Scheinkorrelation

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Scheinkorrelation

Quality:

Spurious relationship - mathematical relationship in which two or more events or variables are associated but not causally related, due to either coincidence or the presence of a certain third, unseen factor. Article “Scheinkorrelation” in German Wikipedia has 21 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

Since the creation of article “Scheinkorrelation”, its content was written by 69 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 337 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 31 times in German Wikipedia and cited 449 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #3789 in October 2009
  • Global: #5081 in February 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #52623 in October 2020
  • Global: #72889 in May 2014

There are 19 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Spurious relationship
31.0098
2Korean (ko)
허위 상관
21.4895
3German (de)
Scheinkorrelation
21.0047
4Arabic (ar)
علاقة زائفة
19.7807
5Polish (pl)
Pozorna korelacja
19.3853
6Ukrainian (uk)
Хибна кореляція
18.9225
7Russian (ru)
Ложная зависимость
17.5569
8Portuguese (pt)
Relação espúria
17.4005
9Chinese (zh)
偽關係
14.2923
10Spanish (es)
Relación espuria
13.6796
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Scheinkorrelation" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Spurious relationship
1 663 727
2German (de)
Scheinkorrelation
281 813
3Japanese (ja)
擬似相関
281 109
4Italian (it)
Correlazione spuria
124 001
5Chinese (zh)
偽關係
112 209
6Spanish (es)
Relación espuria
105 580
7Portuguese (pt)
Relação espúria
40 616
8Norwegian (no)
Spuriøs sammenheng
34 548
9Danish (da)
Spuriøs sammenhæng
26 808
10Hebrew (he)
מתאם אקראי
24 443
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Scheinkorrelation" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Spurious relationship
3 260
2Japanese (ja)
擬似相関
1 412
3German (de)
Scheinkorrelation
812
4Italian (it)
Correlazione spuria
343
5Spanish (es)
Relación espuria
265
6Chinese (zh)
偽關係
260
7Russian (ru)
Ложная зависимость
239
8Polish (pl)
Pozorna korelacja
196
9Portuguese (pt)
Relação espúria
149
10Korean (ko)
허위 상관
66
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Scheinkorrelation" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Spurious relationship
103
2German (de)
Scheinkorrelation
69
3Italian (it)
Correlazione spuria
25
4Japanese (ja)
擬似相関
21
5Chinese (zh)
偽關係
21
6Hebrew (he)
מתאם אקראי
19
7Spanish (es)
Relación espuria
15
8Danish (da)
Spuriøs sammenhæng
12
9Portuguese (pt)
Relação espúria
9
10Norwegian (no)
Spuriøs sammenheng
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Scheinkorrelation" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
علاقة زائفة
0
2Catalan (ca)
Relació espúria
0
3Danish (da)
Spuriøs sammenhæng
0
4German (de)
Scheinkorrelation
0
5English (en)
Spurious relationship
0
6Esperanto (eo)
Falsa interrilato
0
7Spanish (es)
Relación espuria
0
8Persian (fa)
همبستگی جعلی
0
9Hebrew (he)
מתאם אקראי
0
10Italian (it)
Correlazione spuria
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Scheinkorrelation" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
擬似相関
212
2English (en)
Spurious relationship
68
3German (de)
Scheinkorrelation
31
4Spanish (es)
Relación espuria
24
5Chinese (zh)
偽關係
21
6Ukrainian (uk)
Хибна кореляція
13
7Hebrew (he)
מתאם אקראי
11
8Italian (it)
Correlazione spuria
11
9Korean (ko)
허위 상관
10
10Portuguese (pt)
Relação espúria
9
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
علاقة زائفة
caCatalan
Relació espúria
daDanish
Spuriøs sammenhæng
deGerman
Scheinkorrelation
enEnglish
Spurious relationship
eoEsperanto
Falsa interrilato
esSpanish
Relación espuria
faPersian
همبستگی جعلی
heHebrew
מתאם אקראי
itItalian
Correlazione spuria
jaJapanese
擬似相関
koKorean
허위 상관
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Spuriøs samanheng
noNorwegian
Spuriøs sammenheng
plPolish
Pozorna korelacja
ptPortuguese
Relação espúria
ruRussian
Ложная зависимость
ukUkrainian
Хибна кореляція
zhChinese
偽關係

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#52623
10.2020
Global:
#72889
05.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#3789
10.2009
Global:
#5081
02.2004

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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